Bryan Hayes

He'll join us later this afternoon.

Dreg's in studio.

I mentioned the apology tour.

One of them, of course, is Rory and my take yesterday where I just thought he was overly distracted, hadn't been playing.

We'll see.

It's still only day one of the tournament.

It doesn't mean he's guaranteed to win it, but he shot up 67 today, so he's five under.

Yeah, he's coming in.

Every single year, he never has to worry about it.

Absolutely.

But this was the big hurdle.

Because historically at this tournament, Thursday was his kryptonite, right?

He'd shoot a 74, and then he'd chase it the rest of the way.

You plant a seed like this, and you're breathing easy, and you know you can win here.

Obviously, it's a significant statement from McIlroy.

The other one is the McDavid conversation where he had five points last night.

Well, in terms of the points, which, again, they're all within range.

That's the thing.

Like, if you just look at the numbers, he likely wrapped up the Art Ross last night.

Yet, we said that about Kucherov 10 days ago.