Something clicked in just about every facet of Rory McIlroy’s game, which led to the second-lowest aggregate of the last decade for a winner at Bay Hill.
Using a TaylorMade TP Soto blade, McIlroy – who has been no better than 125th in strokes gained/putting in each of the last three seasons – posted a tournament-leading 2.503 strokes gained mark at Bay Hill
Tiger Woods ended his day with a low fist pump that he held for an extra few seconds. He was savouring the birdie putt he sank at the 18th hole at Bay Hill Club and what it meant.
An impromptu lesson earlier this week with Brad Faxon, one of the best putters on tour during his career, may have given McIlroy an answer he was searching for.
Rising star Bryson DeChambeau matched the low round of the day with a six-under 66 to grab a share of the halfway lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Woods’ Thursday-Friday playing partners haven’t played well in his last two starts. Brandt Snedeker and Patton Kizzire both missed the cut at the Honda Classic and Jordan Spieth and Henrik Stenson also failed to make the weekend at last week’s Valspar Championship.
Tiger Woods didn’t quite “one-up” Phil Mickelson by winning the Valspar Championship like his longtime lefty rival suggested earlier in the week. But perhaps, this is all part of an even cooler script that is unfolding.
Leishman’s latest honour in a career-best season was being awarded the Greg Norman Medal at a glittering awards function hosted by the PGA of Australia at RACV Royal Pines Resort on Tuesday night
In the event Woods’ practice goes better than expected, he starts getting restless, and decides he’s ready to take on all comers, we might as well consider some of his options.
Australian Golf Digest
