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When Rory McIlroy is at his best he is unbeatable. Last week and on Sunday in particular he was just that, eventually topping the best field the world has to offer by 4 clear shots after a comprehensive -4 66 on a tough East Lake course in Atlanta.
His talent is so huge that he often seems to disappoint, for example when he failed to compete in the final group at the World Golf Championship with Koepka, and as he did with Woods the year before at East Lake, however you must consider he has 3 wins this year and he had 14 finishes in the top 10 out of 19 starts, the highest of his career.
“I thought a lot about that, I thought about the final group with Tiger last year, the final group with Brooks in Memphis a few weeks ago, and I really wanted to go out there and play well and really take it to him, and I did that.”
Koepka who slipped out of contention when he lost his drive at the 7th and made a double, and ended T3 with Justin Thomas. Still he will win the Player of the Year award with 3 wins including the PGA Championship and the #1 world ranking. This was his tribute to Rory.
“He was impressive to watch. He put it in the fairway a lot, hit a lot of greens. And even his short game, the up-and-down he made on 11, that was pretty tasty right there. And then the way he finished it off was very impressive. Hats off to him.”
If you can't make the rent this month, Rory can help. He gets the $15m bonus, and $1.8m prize money just to keep the wolf at bay over the winter.
“I’m going to enjoy this one tonight,” he said, and for many, many years to come I might add.
Corey Connors capped his career year, T26, 68 71 71 74 +3 and now waits to see if captain Ernie Els makes him a Presidents Cup pick for his International team. Mike Weir, an assistant captain, will be lobbying hard for him.
Bryan Angus
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