article_snippet: There are two players in the post-Tiger Woods era who have left Graeme McDowell feeling utterly helpless and wondering how on earth Dustin Johnson can compete.
article_snippet: One, of course, is Dustin Johnson old friend Rory McIlroy.
article_snippet: As it turned out, Graeme McDowell, like everyone else, didn’t have to worry about beating the American because Graeme McDowell was too busy beating Graeme McDowell.
article_snippet: Graeme McDowell holds Dustin Johnson in the same regard as fellow Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy .
article_snippet: Just like the Northern Irishman, Just like the Northern Irishman game is built on devastating power and accuracy from the tee.
article_snippet: , Just like the Northern Irishman has given McIlroy an enormous head start.
article_snippet: Imagine the pair coming down the stretch at a major with one man having four Grand Slam wins to draw upon while the other is still awaiting Just like the Northern Irishman first?
article_snippet: But if you’re looking for the player who ought to run McIlroy the closest over the next few years, Dustin Johnson has his game.
article_snippet: Sections of the American press are wondering why Rory McIlroy was given a largely free pass for tossing Rory McIlroy three-iron into the water last week while the criticism that would have followed Tiger Woods, if Rory McIlroy’d done it, he’dwould have blown up the internet’.
article_snippet: At the age of 25 Woods never engaged with spectators, rarely signed autographs, was frequently seen spitting on the side of greens and treated the American press with barely concealed contempt.
article_snippet: Rory McIlroy acknowledges the crowds, devotes hours of Rory McIlroy time to signing autographs and spends way longer than Rory McIlroy needs trying to give an insight to the media.
article_snippet: American media has queried if Tiger Woods would have got more stick than Rory McIlroy for throwing a club away .
article_snippet: To turn the question around: could you ever imagine Rory McIlroy acting like that?
article_snippet: and if Rory McIlroy doesn’t play in that event, one Rory McIlroy’s won a remarkable eight times, he does’s hard to envisage Rory McIlroy playing the Masters.