Rory McIlroy brutally warned he cant win PGA | Golf News

Brandel Chamblee is satisfied that Rory McIlroy stands no likelihood of claiming the PGA Championship if Scottie Scheffler brings his best recreation to the desk this week.

McIlroy is flying high after efficiently defending his Masters title to secure his sixth major championship, yet Chamblee believes the future of the Wanamaker Trophy rests firmly in the arms of the world No. 1 at Aronimink Golf Club.

Scheffler has claimed just one victory this yr, triumphing at The American Express in January, but has persistently fallen short at the marquee occasions on the PGA Tour. He was also left to rue a disappointing second spherical at the Masters, which proved decisive as he completed one stroke behind McIlroy at Augusta National.

As the defending champion following his dominant victory at Quail Hollow 12 months in the past, Chamblee is adamant Scheffler will prevail once more if the American performs anyplace close to his ceiling, experiences The Mirror US.

“Well, if Scottie plays well this week, Rory can’t beat him. Scottie is so demonstrably better than everybody else, it’s just not close. If Scottie plays his best golf, Rory cannot beat him,” he said. “Rory has been playing professional golf for almost 20 years. If you cherry-pick his best year – it might be last year, it might be ’19, it might be 14′, it might be ’12 – he’s still not as good as Scottie Scheffler.

“Scottie Scheffler is off his recreation significantly this yr. It’s the worst golf he’s performed in 5 years, and he’s still miles forward of everyone else, and that contains Rory.” “We’ve not seen what we’re seeing in Scottie Scheffler. You’re speaking about as close to Tiger Woods as you’ll be able to ever think about.”

Chamblee’s broadcast partner, Paul McGinley, disagreed. The 2014 Ryder Cup captain believes McIlroy has the firepower to thwart Scheffler if both men are at their best. “I would not like to put a guess on it. The guys are so good, such a high stage, both of them. I might love to see a slugfest like that between the best two gamers,” McGinley said.

“I feel when we’re speaking Scottie, we’re speaking the sheer consistency. That’s what makes him stand out. He would not have the sixth gear that Rory does. Rory will get into overdrive better than Scottie does. Rory on his recreation and at full throttle, there’s no person else that can play like that.”

“Listen, I’m not going to diminish Scottie. The argument is so small between the 2 and it would come down to mindset, and that’s what I might love to see if the 2 of them had been in competition, the mindset, the competitiveness between them in that scenario because it is very uncommon. We’re so often denied the best gamers in the sport coming to the fore and competing together.”

Scheffler stays the oddsmakers’ top decide at +400 despite his latest dip in kind, with McIlroy close behind at +800.