Rory questions importance of a good short game

[Region3]

He needs to grind out scores when he's not playing great or gets the rough end of the draw weather wise like at the open.Thats when the short game tells.When Tiger was dominating he was great at churning out 69/70s when he was hitting it all over the place when most pros would score 72/73.

When the long games slightly off a good short game can keep you in with a chance of winning rather than just making a decent cheque.

Like the second round in the open?

If he'd have had the short game to keep that to a reasonable score he might have won the tournament.

 

[Lawrence22]

In 2010 Rory was 11th for putts per green in regulation(1.747) on the European tour. This is hardly the stats of a poor putter. Luke Donald was first with 1.704. Rory was 35th on scrambles.