Analyzing Rory McIlroy's Key Tournament Shots and Major Moments

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00:00The most crucial Rory shot of the tournament.

00:03Oh, you go first.

00:08Dude, there's so many.

00:10There's three.

00:11I mean, there's three.

00:12It's the shot that he hit on Friday at 13.

00:17It's the shot he hit at 15 on Sunday.

00:20It's the shot he hit at, there's four.

00:23It's the shot he hit at 17 on Sunday,

00:27and it's the second shot in the playoff.

00:29Yeah.

00:31You can make a case for all of them,

00:33and I seriously mean that because the shot he hit

00:36at the pine straw was on Friday.

00:39I know this is so far away from the end of the tournament,

00:42but it was such a meaningful thing for him.

00:44It's like he's back.

00:46He had made two doubles the day before at Chet Evenpar.

00:50All of a sudden, he's back in the golf tournament,

00:52and he's in the hunt.

00:53He's only a couple back.

00:54That one's just as important,

00:56and then coming off a double at 13,

00:59a bogey at 14,

01:00the hook at 7 iron to 6 feet,

01:02that you can make a case.

01:04That might be the most important one.

01:06I would probably rank that first,

01:10but the shot at 17 was unreal.

01:13Yeah.

01:13The shot at 18 was honestly,

01:15I'm going to say it's easy.

01:16I've never stood on a playoff hold

01:18to try to win a Masters in a Grand Slam,

01:20but from an overall difficulty standpoint,

01:24that was the easiest shot,

01:25but the most crucial, of course,

01:27because that's one of the dang Masters.

01:28Well, and maybe the one that's laden

01:29with the biggest psychological burden,

01:31even though you just hit it,

01:32that's what you're thinking about

01:33as you stand over it.

01:34Right.

01:35I'd probably go with that one,

01:36although I'd just say,

01:37and you already mentioned one of them,

01:38just both of the approach shots

01:39on 15 on the weekend

01:41were just so good

01:42on a week where that green

01:44was insanely firm,

01:46and guys figured out

01:47as the week went on,

01:48but we watched Rory,

01:50Scotty,

01:51Colin,

01:51Patrick Cantlay

01:52go long on that green on Thursday,

01:54and so for him to do what he did,

01:56hitting mid to long irons

01:57in that green on Saturday and Sunday

01:59and converting,

02:00I think,

02:00three under between those two holes

02:01was big stuff.

02:03All right.

02:03So let's take our step back

02:05to the beginning of this round,

02:06and I want to bring up a quote

02:09that I just read about Bryson DeChambeau

02:11talking about Rory McIlroy,

02:13and this goes back

02:14to our Day 3 Journal.

02:15If you watch our Day 3 Journal,

02:17we talked about how

02:18is Rory going to handle

02:20Bryson DeChambeau

02:22and the crowds on Sunday?

02:23We felt like Bryson

02:24was going to take

02:25every opportunity

02:26to try to get his crowd

02:27on his side.

02:28If anything,

02:29do anything in his power

02:31to maybe try to get inside

02:32Rory's head

02:33in any way that he could.

02:34I have a take here.

02:35I want to hear what you have to say,

02:36but I have a little take here.

02:37Here's a quote.

02:38Here's a quote.

02:39Bryson was asked,

02:40did you talk to Rory

02:41at all that day?

02:42Rory,

02:43Bryson said back and said,

02:46Rory wouldn't talk to him

02:47the entire day,

02:48hardly looked at him,

02:50never,

02:50there was no conversations.

02:52So you could see

02:53that Rory heading into the day

02:55probably made the conscious decision

02:56with his team

02:57and said,

02:58avoid him,

02:59don't talk to him,

03:00don't let him

03:01try to speak to you.

03:02Smart.

03:04That's the only way

03:05to handle a Sunday situation

03:06like that.

03:08And shoot,

03:09Bryson probably needed

03:11somebody to talk to.

03:12It was not a good day

03:12for Bryson.

03:13Sgt.

03:14Sgt.

03:15Sgt.

03:16Sgt.

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