Paul McGinley

Let's take driver and hit it everywhere.

And that kind of led to a sea change in how players played the game where power has become now important.

And then the statistics come in and statistics come in and all the statisticians are saying, yeah, that is the way to play.

If you want to get strokes gained on a golf course, you overpower it.

And power is hugely influential now in terms of determining success.

who wins PGA Tour events.

You know, you do get the Aaron Rice winning every now and again on a tricky golf course like Aronami.

But generally, it's the big hitters who dominate at the very, very top of the game.

And Rory led that charge.

But it's an evolved game that he's got now.

He still has the power.

But man, oh man, is his shipping and putting so much better than it was.

And it's his wedge play as well.

I mean, we saw him there.

I was doing the commentary for Sky on the last round of the...

of the Memorial a few weeks ago, first three holes in the last day, you know, three wedges, bang, bang, bang, all within five feet, three birdies.

We never would have seen that before.

And his putting looks so good and instinctive now with the work to be done with Brad Faxon.

So it's an evolved Rory McIlroy and it's a better conditioned golf course, or sorry, conditioned player to play the test that this is.

And then you throw in a maturity and the more patient golf that he plays now.