After Friday’s second round, Henrik Stenson said that Chambers Bay Golf Course’s dry, bumpy greens were “pretty much like putting on broccoli.”
Saturday, after missing seven makable putts in his final nine holes, Rory McIlroy was asked about Stenson’s remark.
“I don’t think they’re as green as broccoli,” a smiling McIlroy said of the greens. “I think they’re more like cauliflower. They are what they are, and everyone has to putt on them. It is disappointing that they’re not in a bit better shape. But it is somewhat mental. Some guys embrace it better than others, and that’s the way it is.