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‘No green jacket for you’, a teasing Tiger Woods tells Rory McIlroy

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Rory McIlroy, the hottest golfer on the planet, is not thinking about taking the torch from Tiger Woods as the sport’s next dominant player, but the easy-going Northern Irishman says he has already sparred with Woods over a potential rivalry.

McIlroy, winner of the British Open, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and PGA Championship in his last three starts, spent a day earlier this week with fellow Nike spokesman Woods in the New York area.

The due were promoting some new irons and also appeared on a late-night talk show ahead of The Barclays, which opens the FedExCup playoffs starting on Thursday.

“It was good to catch up with him. I haven’t really seen him much for a few months really,” world number one McIlroy said about Woods, who has shut down his golf game after continued trouble with his back following surgery this year.

“It was good fun. It was a good day.”

McIlroy grew up idolising Woods, as did so many of the young golfers now on tour who watched the American amass 14 majors, and he feels it may be premature to write Woods off, despite his major title drought dating back to the 2008 U.S. Open.

“I know that he’s working his butt off to get back here and get back to where he wants to be,” said the 25-year-old McIlroy, who is a Masters title away from achieving a career grand slam.

“We talked about a few things and he’s telling me like, ‘I’m not going to let you win a green jacket next year,’ … because he’s super competitive,” added McIlroy, who fell in behind Jack Nicklaus and Woods after his PGA triumph at Valhalla as the youngest player to have captured four major titles.

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