Kevin Van Valkenburg

I thought it was funny when Rory said, oh, yeah, I was following the scoreboards because I thought, well, if I'm not going to win, I hope Shane wins.

I was like, oh, nope.

In Ireland?

Leave Shane at home in Ireland?

I think that would be a big controversy.

He would not be quiet about it either.

Especially with the Hoyguards playing better.

I think it's, can Rory win two, three majors?

I think that's the most compelling storyline to me.

Like I,

Scotty had clearly kind of overtaken Rory as the best player in the world.

And I think Rory, you know, had that post-masters lull and there was understandably a little bit of a letdown, but I think he's like...

really focused and really kind of like, you know what, this is all that matters.

I can take, you know, big chunks of time off and keep myself fresh and get ready.

And I think we're going to see him contend in at least two more majors this year.

He didn't have a great time at Shinnecock last go around, but I would be really surprised if he wasn't in it at Birkdale and he should be in it at Aronamink.

It's, I just think that it's,

He could put, he could begin to put a huge gap between him and the other players in terms of like majors one with a historic year this year.

When you can, it's hard to like say that, you know, anything other than the mental bugaboo of having not won the masters was holding Rory back over the last decade.

And now he's won two in a row.