Michael Wilbon

It just misses the slope, and it goes all the way down the putt that everyone has practiced in all the lead-up into the tournament.

And he made these great par saves on the first couple holes.

And he has probably the easiest of those par saves, and he misses it.

And I think that's when Rory sort of settles back in.

This is as Justin Rose is making that big move and getting chesty after he gets that sweeping cut from the trees on number seven.

And you're thinking, my goodness, he loves this place.

He has all those second-place finishes.

And then you get to 12, which even before the three putt on 13, he misses the green in a pretty straightforward shot.

He's been brilliant all week with the short game.

He doesn't even hit the green.

And I think once you see that happen, he realized this is slowed down to the point where Rory can control it as long as he stays out of the big water that lurks at 12, at 13.

12, he hits a great tee shot with a short iron.

And then on 13, he hits it 300 plus.

50 yards and is able to hit a short iron into a correct miss to avoid the big numbers.

At least on 16, it's easier to avoid because you can use the slopes out to the right and he hit it into the back spot, the sort of the tiger spot from 2005.

Yeah, and that's when these moments start to move fast.

That's when you think about the institutional awareness of this course where you see these pins year after year and you understand how to use the slopes to give yourself better margins for error.

But you think about it, you're like, Scotty just needed another couple of holes.

He hits a shot that's almost on 18, but then it just skips down.

And Rory getting back to that bunker shot when they finally do find it.