As his final tune-up before next week’s US Open at Pebble Beach, McIlroy had to be heartened by the fact each aspect of his game was clicking in Canada.
Following Mickelson’s opening 70 at the Memorial, the six-time US Open runner-up was asked about how the USGA sets up the golf courses for its biggest annual event. He did not hold back.
McIlroy had risked his future Ryder Cup captaincy had he not joined this year, although most insiders believed the European Tour would have waved this stipulation.
If Dustin Johnson showed up for his pre-Masters press conference on Tuesday afternoon and announced he’d had enough of the golf grind and was retiring at age 34, he could walk off into the Augusta sunset knowing his next metaphorical stop would be the World Golf Hall of Fame.
