Conor McKeown

And he's become someone who I think...

You know, having succeeded Tiger Woods is historically important.

Gene Sarazin did a lot of great things.

I think Rory exceeded him.

So I put him in the top 10 all time now.

Oh, my gosh.

That was so emotional and so significant what he did last year.

And I think it still shadows what he did yesterday.

Not that what he did yesterday wasn't remarkable, but you feel like it wouldn't have happened yesterday.

had he not done what he did a year ago.

And it was a great, I thought, continuation, but also an evolution.

I think he's an even better player than he was last year.

The things that he's improved in his game are not necessarily the things that are most sort of remarkable about his game, that he's such a long hitter and such a, you know, really...

breathtaking driver of the golf ball that's what you know is the easy thing to really admire about Rory along with the grace of his golf swing and just his physical talent but it's those little things especially in majors when it gets fast and firm and the mistakes get um

sort of exaggerated beyond what would be a normal setup in golf with the grass slower and more forgiving, that the short game is so important to keep rounds going.

And that's what he did yesterday.

He hit some really key shots that weren't necessarily flamboyant shots, but they're shots that in the past he hasn't pulled off as well.

And he kept that round going so that when the brilliance came, it counted, and he got a lead.

He made those birdies on 7 and 8, and then the great birdie on 13, saved a couple of par putts that were really important, like an 11,

Great up and down on 16, great up and down on 17.