Golf Channel Analysts On Rory: "As far as he’s ever been to being back to where he was"

The Golf Channel gang talked to media to kick off the run of NBC/Golf Channel telecasts leading up to the Masters and the talk inevitably turned to Rory McIlroy. For what it's worth, David Duval and Brandel Chamblee don't like what they see from their analyst chairs.

Duval said it's an "obvious" answer that Tiger Woods is closer to playing great golf right now than McIlroy. 

There was this succinct assessment from Brandel Chamblee:

“I think he’s probably as far as he’s ever been to being back to where he was,” Chamblee said.

Duval was pretty harsh on the topic of McIlroy's putting.

“I think Rory’s putting continues to put pressure on his iron game, and until he figures that out, he comes out a little bit better and more consistent on the greens, it could potentially be doing what he’s doing right now, (which is), what I believe, is ruining other parts of his game,” Duval said. “And I feel like he’s struggling, and you have to keep forcing it closer and closer to the hole. You are going to miss golf shots. You’re going to be in bad spots. And I think that’s part of what’s happening right now.”

It has been two years since McIlroy and Chamblee engaged in an all-out manspat over Rory's weightlifting. No one will be shocked if these comments reignite the spat.