AUGUSTA, Ga. – Rory McIlroy hit a practice putt here Tuesday, as Bernhard Langer was walking across the green, and Langer stopped and let McIlroy’s ball pass. That was nice. It would have been nicer if Langer had picked up McIlroy’s ball and talked to it.
Langer knows what McIlroy has yet to figure out: how to play his best golf at Augusta National during Masters week. Langer is a two-time Masters champion who has somehow made the cut three straight times after turning 60. Put him at Baltusrol for a U.S. Open, and Langer would have no shot.