He is intelligent; he seems to have a wonderful strength of mind and a clear sense of purpose. He always has time for people and, in terms of golfing ability, Rory has everything. He is a tremendous tee-to-green player and is one of the best drivers of the ball I have seen – and believe me, I have seen a few. That combination of long and straight makes the game a lot easier for him and I see no reason why he cannot reach double figures in his quest for Major glory. Equally, if he looks after himself, I can see him completing the Grand Slam with a win at Augusta in the not too distant future. People have, on occasion, made comparisons between Rory and myself. We both hail from the British Isles and left these shores to test ourselves in the States at an early age. We were both eager to learn at that stage and success visited us both pretty quickly. However, Rory inhabits a very different golfing environment to the one I found myself in back in the 1960s. I was one of a small number of foreign players in the US and the Americans resented our presence and made life as difficult as they could for us.
