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Wednesday 22 February

Jordan Spieth follows his shot from the rough on the 12th hole during the second round of the Genesis Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club Friday, Feb.
17, 2017, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.
Associated Press
The best believe that now. soggy turf. wasn’t much different from And then he laughed, and
watching McIlroy in full bal-
he kept going.
If Jason Day turns up, if Jor-
He knew where it was go-
Continued from Page 17 dan Spieth turns up, Dustin, ing, too, which is always a ance with his swing, “They all have good short
Rory, Henrik. If any of these good combination. like at Royal Liverpool games. They all can putt.
“Tiger knew his ‘B’ game guys turn up and hit form, He didn’t putt his best, but when he went wire-to-wire They all have a bit of ex-
was good enough, and they all look unbeatable.” he didn’t need to. to capture the 2014 British perience now,” Els said.
that made him play even Johnson’s power is such It was a lot like Day during Open. “At the end of the day, it
better,” he said. that he was the only player that amazing run he had, Spieth is not as long off the comes down to hunger.”
“The place you want to be to average more than 300 particularly at Whistling tee and occasionally will It’s not an issue this week.
is believing your game is a yards off the tee at Riviera Straits in 2015 when he won get left out of these con- The top six players in the
winning game. It’s hard to in the cool Pacific air and the PGA Championship. It versations, which is a mis- world — all of them can
take. reach No. 1 by the end of
“It’s hard to go against Jor- the month — are not play-
dan Spieth,” Ernie Els said ing the Honda Classic.
Tuesday. “My God, he’s All of them will be in Mex-
got that extra doggedness ico City next week for the
in him.” first World Golf Champion-
Els said it was important to ships event.
be accurate off the tee. He And there are still four ma-
listed Johnson. jors, which will go a long
And then Day. And then way toward some separa-
McIlroy. And then the rest tion.
of them. At least this year.q