Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Jason Fitz and Coley Harvey are joined by PGA Tour play-by-play broadcaster Jake Marsh to discuss what Rory McIlroy winning his second consecutive Masters does for his legacy. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV.
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Video Transcript
What does this win do for the way that we will talk about Rory moving forward?
You know, I think, first of all, thank you guys for having me back on.
I think last year’s win was all about getting the monkey off his back, and he finally got over the hump and got the job done to complete the career Grand Slam.
No more narrative about can Rory Big the w- win the big one and get the green jacket.
Some suspected after that win, this would open the floodgates and he’d play loose.
Well, guess what?
That became reality yesterday.
Obviously, he made it entertaining with, his rollercoaster of a ride, but he built enough of a lead after 36 holes to squeeze by Scottie by one, and now we go from can R- Rory Big win the big one, to how many of these green jackets will Rory win in the next decade or so.
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So it’s f- fascinating in just 365 days how quickly the big picture narrative can change about the legacy of one golfer.
What now becomes the most exciting storyline for golf moving forward this year?
I think you’re looking at how hot can Rory really get, right?
Because he just won back-to-back green jackets.
he built enough of a lead in order to do that.
Now, again, the question goes from will he win the Masters to how many will he win.
We have the PGA Championship at Aronimink in, just outside of Philadelphia next month.
Why can’t Rory win two or three, or even sweep the Grand Slams this year?
Like, nobody’s stopping him.
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we mentioned Scottie’s kind of been up and down for Scottie’s standards so far.
So I’m really excited to see, how things go over the next few months, because if we get Rory and Scottie at the top of each major leaderboard each Sunday for the rest of the summer, we’re in for a treat.
