Alan Shipnuck

It was just, he never had his best stuff.

And for Rory to conquer Augusta National, to dust Scotty Scheffler when he's not driving it well, it really is a delicious turn of events.

And it's tantalizing to look forward.

Because he's become such a complete golfer.

He knows how to win on these stages.

And we know he's going to start driving well soon enough.

And then it's really fun to think about how deep can Rory take this.

I think we talked about this the last time you and I had a conversation early in Masters Week that Rory had a jauntiness early in the week.

And no one's ever enjoyed being defending champ as much as Rory did.

He was just swanning around in the green jacket.

He was at the drive trip and putt.

He was at the women's amateur.

Of course, the Tuesday night dinner.

He was having so much fun.

He was so relaxed.

That's when I knew he was going to contend.

And then he came out and he squeezed a lot out of his rounds on Thursday and Friday.

But I think...

all that disappeared on master saturday when it was like okay this is this has really happened i can win this thing and then the clench factor and part of what makes rory so compelling is there is a fragility there there is a vulnerability he is not a machine like tiger and it's it's always going to be a high wire act with rory and of course we saw that again and again like

Apparently, he's always going to make a double bogey on Sunday when he wins the Masters.