Johnson Wagner has warning for every player about Rory McIlroy at the PGA Championship, ‘I’d be scared’
Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images Johnson Wagner has insisted that the field should be very scared of Rory McIlroy at the PGA Championship despite the Northern Irishman failing to contend at the Truist Championship this past week. McIlroy marked his first start since his second Masters victory by finishing tied for 19th at Quail Hollow. Of course, the North Carolina course has been good to McIlroy over the years.
So it was a surprise to see him go backwards during Saturday’s third round. But he was able to bounce back in impressive fashion on Sunday. Johnson Wagner confident about Rory McIlroy’s PGA Championship chances McIlroy posted a 67 to sneak inside the top 20.
And it seems that Johnson Wagner saw enough to believe that the 37-year-old will be the man to beat at the second major championship of the year. Speaking on Scorecard after the Truist Championship had concluded, Wagner suggested that he was so impressed by what he saw from McIlroy on the practice ground at Quail Hollow that he cannot help but tip him to win a third PGA Championship crown. Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images “I think you’re going to see Rory at the top of his game.
We’re finally going to get a Rory-Scottie battle,” he said. “I saw enough great stuff out of him this week, I’m not concerned at all. I watched him warm up yesterday, and on the chipping green, some of the shots he was able to play were absolutely ridiculous.
He just kept hitting these flop shots off this tight fairway grass right around the green. He holed like three chips in about 20 shots that he hit, and every other one looked like it was going to go in. So I think he’s primed and ready.