“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone putt the greens as well as he does around here.”
That’s quite some praise, especially when it comes from a player who has completed the Career Grand Slam.
Yes, Knox could play – and he could really play at Augusta. An accomplished amateur before taking on the enviable role as a non-competing marker, Georgia-born Knox actually holds the unofficial course record at the famous course, an 11-under 61 off the members’ tees. Not bad, eh?
And how about this for a title? The Augusta specialist is a former champion of the Azalea Invitational. No wonder he’s in the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.
Obviously, then, he has a decent game from tee to green, although it’s on the greens where he excels, and many players over the years have sought out his advice in an effort to improve their chances of winning a Green Jacket.
Asked what he thought about playing with Knox in 2014, McIlroy gave a glowing appraisal of the Augusta National member and said he “should be playing in the Masters.”
McIlroy added, “Jeff is a great player. He beat me by one. So I thought he was going to be nice and three‑putt the last, and we would have a halve, but he beat me by one.
“He obviously knows this place so well and gets it round. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone putt the greens as well as he does around here. He was really impressive.
“I was thinking of maybe getting him to read a few of my putts out there. He played really well, and he couldn’t have been more helpful. He was really nice all the way around.”
Jeff Knox and Rory McIlroy talking prior to the third round of the 2014 Masters
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