Eddie Pepperell
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I mean, Rory didn't do that well last year in the majors after the Masters, and you could put that down to the hangover.
But I'm not convinced he was playing worse than he is now, actually.
I mean, the reason none of us picked Rory coming into this week was because he kind of was playing the way he played this week.
It's just that Augusta has some idiosyncrasies that I think can mean that you can get away with being a little wild off the tee, having
and be magical on and around the greens and that's what Rory was and in addition to that he hit some monstrous tee shots the one on 13 on the Sunday was a crucial tee shot to get right having not gotten it right all week pulled it off he played Amen Corner brilliantly where Justin didn't and that was the difference but I really don't think Rory is close to the top of his game that's the thing that struck me and I think as we move on past Augusta
The challenges that are going to confront the top players at Aronamink, Birkdale and, of course, Shinnecock more so than anywhere else are going to be so severe that you have to hit more than 50% of your fairways.
You have to be having your ball under supreme control, which is what we see Scotty back.
to I mean Scheffler very much to me looked back at the top of his game this week Cam Young still on top of it there's a number of other guys who I think are Tito Green playing much better golf than Rory so there are so many encouraging signs for Rory as I say I love to see him in the fight I think there is nobody better in world golf at the moment than getting in the fight and winning
But, yeah, you know, to get in the contention of these other majors, your game needs to be sharp.
Well, not just so much sharp, but your skills need to be really on point.
And I'm not sure Roy's quite there.
Well, in Saturday's round, he could have shot 10 under par easily.