THE SUN
THE bookies see this week’s Houston Open as a straight fight between the world’s best two golfers, with Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy both rounding off their Masters build-up in Texas.
McIlroy’s preparation has gone a lot more smoothly than Scheffler’s, and on form he probably deserves to be regarded as the best player on the planet at the moment, ahead of the world No 1.
McIlroy was an impressive winner of the Players Championship, finding a...