Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, himself just a U.S. Open victory away from the career Grand Slam, calls McIlroy one of the players to beat at Augusta. There’s also “RM5” under the Nike swoosh.
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If McIlroy is able to hold off Day, Spieth and a rich pool of top players in ominously good form to win this week, he will become just the sixth player in golf history to complete the career grand slam by winning all four majors.
“Being a feel player, my glove and shoes are a very important part of my success on the golf course, and G/Fore’s tailored fit and top-notch material provide me the best chance to win”, he said in a statement.
“My game feels good”, insisted McIlroy, who took three days off last week following his semi-final defeat in defence of his Match Play title before getting down to work with coach Michael Bannon at home in Florida.
Many believe he will never again be a realistic contender at Augusta National.
So you can say all you want about the excitement that occurs down the stretch.
The reigning champion gets to set the menu, and the Dallas native went with salad greens, authentic Texas barbecue (beef brisket, chicken, pork ribs), barbecue baked beans, vegetables and a warm chocolate chip cookie with vanilla ice cream.
“So I’ve just got to kind of relax, understand that I have a certain process that I go through each tournament to get ready to compete and I need to stick to that – don’t do anything more, don’t do anything less and just try and go out and execute”.
That was the same year that McIlroy, in his third Masters, led going into the back nine on Sunday before a shocking collapse.
“I feel like previous year, I didn’t do much wrong really”.
“To be honest, I don’t think I’m the favorite this week”, Day said. In return, Augusta National would have the ability to move the tee on the 510-yard par-5 13th back, while also giving itself some infrastructure and more privacy.
For 15 years, both former head football coach Mark Richt and two-time Masters Champion (2012, 2014) Bubba Watson were two of the most recognizable men representing University of Georgia athletics.
Day’s fellow Australian Adam Scott has already triumphed twice on the 2015-16 PGA Tour while American world number two Spieth, the reigning Masters champion, won the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in January. For my 20 years out here I think I’ve achieved a lot, and if that’s all it entails, then I’ve had a pretty good run.
The Match Play victory shot Day into the No. 1 spot in the world rankings, supplanting Jordan Spieth. Here are some of his thoughts on Rory and Jordan Spieth and Jason Day and all the rest.
“I’m like, ‘I just do not like the game right now”.
“But once I’d done it, I enjoyed it”, he said.
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“You have to perform, because if you don’t perform, then you’re off the tour”, Day said. “I had a lot of fun here”, Day said. Who’s cold: Mike Weir (four straight missed cuts dating back to AT&T Pebble Beach), Kevin Streelman (three straight missed cuts), Hunter Mahan (two missed cuts, T70, T53, T57 in last five events), Webb Simpson (two missed cuts, T68 in last three events) and Keegan Bradley (four missed cuts, T36 in last four events). 4.
