'Fearless' Rory McIlroy Trumps 'Happier' Tiger Woods, Say Golf Analysts
Source: SBNation.com - Sep 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM
If it plays out the way the pundits predict, Rory McIlroy will have the edge over Tiger Woods in the FedEx Cup finale and Ryder Cup matches.
Tiger Woods is playing his best golf in three years and seemingly enjoying it more than perhaps ever in his career, but Rory McIlroy is eating his boyhood idol’s lunch on the golf course, according to NBC and Golf Channel analysts.
“Right now, as far as the complete package, all the edge has to go Rory [in confidence, driving, and putting],” NBC’s Roger Maltbie opined during a Wednesday teleconference ahead of the networks’ extensive coverage of next week’s Tour Championship and upcoming Ryder Cup. “Right now, [Rory’s] the top of all

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