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Val

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Spieth v Rory. It's not even close at the moment

Spieth ahead but not by much IMO.

Tee to green my money would be on Rory, on the greens is another story, driving for show and all that. McIlroy needs to find a way how to win ugly with patience, he lacks patience and forces it a lot.
 

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Before we start saying Rory can't keep up with Jordan at the moment, let's just remember -

Jordan beat Rory by 7 shots in total. 6 of those were in the first 6 holes of Thursday morning. So despite Rory being as bad as he was with his wedges and being clearly out of form in recent weeks he only got beat by 1 shot for the final 65 holes!

Spieths finish was absolutely incredible and his calmness is to be applauded, but it very easily could have gone the other way for him on the 13th

imo, both at the top of their games, Rory will win 90% of the time. Problem is Rory doesn't seem to be able to find the 'top' of his game.!
 

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Before we start saying Rory can't keep up with Jordan at the moment, let's just remember -

Jordan beat Rory by 7 shots in total. 6 of those were in the first 6 holes of Thursday morning. So despite Rory being as bad as he was with his wedges and being clearly out of form in recent weeks he only got beat by 1 shot for the final 65 holes!

Spieths finish was absolutely incredible and his calmness is to be applauded, but it very easily could have gone the other way for him on the 13th

imo, both at the top of their games, Rory will win 90% of the time. Problem is Rory doesn't seem to be able to find the 'top' of his game.!

let me know when theyre both at the top of their game and ill take the 10/1 about Spieth ;)
 

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People also massively under appreciating Rory's putting this week! Wouldn't suprise me if he was above Spieth in strokes gained this week.
 

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Rory's "A" game puts him right up there with the best
The problem is, he doesn't bring that to the table too often
When things aren't going all his way, he can't grind out a score, much like Tiger did many times.

His issue is, without his A game, he can't win ugly, and generally just shows up with his C or D game.......

Also in the past, when things weren't going his way, he couldn't be bothered and basically threw the towel in
 
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