Rory McIlroy
Spieth isn’t the only player in this group coming into the tournament fresh off of a win. McIlroy won the Irish Open two weekends prior, a tournament where he hadn’t made the cut since 2012. There are two likely explanations for how well McIlroy has been doing. Either McIlroy had the tournament of a lifetime and managed to catch some lucky breaks while playing at the Irish Open, or his game is in a league of its own right now and he’ll stop at nothing to ensure victory. It’s certainly seems like the latter is a more plausible explanation considering in his past eight starts on the PGA Tour McIlroy’s cracked the top-ten four times but has yet to capture a win.