Scott Michaux: The key difference between Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy...

What they say and the way they say it is revealing, especially when it comes to majors

Rory McIlroy reacts to a missed putt at TPC Harding Park. Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but two recently No. 1 golfers in the world walked into a major championship and one of them is the currently the clear choice to better handle the moment.

It’s not the one you want it to be. It’s not the one with twice as many career wins — the one who beat out the other in one of the tightest player-of-the-year races in PGA Tour history. It’s not the one with a couple of FedEx Cup windfalls as well as three Race to Dubai titles.