Players: How is Rory McIlroy ‘better than ever’ after the latest victory of the PGA Tour in the upgrade of Masters | Golf news
Rory McIlroy insists that he is “better than ever” who goes to the main season and is best to come, after he asked for his second PGA Tour title in so many months.
World no. 2 followed his victory in the opening of the season at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AM with the success of St. Patrick’s Day in the players, Arriving through Monday Play-off against JJ SPAUN to win The main event of PGA Tour for the second time.
McIlroy’s last victory is celebrated for the first time in his career that he won twice in the calendar year at PGA Tour before Masters, the only missing major in his offer to finish Grand Slam in his career.
The 35-year-old has 21 Top 10 in Major since his last success at the 2014 PGA Championship, while McIlroy’s extraordinary consistency saw that she ended up outside the first 20 times in the last 21 world starts.
“The only multiple main champions and more champions of players are jack [Nicklaus]Tiger [Woods]Scottie [Scheffler] And I, so it’s a pretty nice group to be a part, “McIlroy said after winning TPC Sawgrass, his 28th title PGA Tour.
“I feel like I’m a better player now than I have ever been, and it’s nice to see the fruits of my work.
“I really worked hard. I feel like I’m a more complete player than a few years ago. I feel like I can play in all the conditions and everything that comes to my way. Really happy to have been able to do it.”
Equipment switch shows better wealth
McIlroy’s victory came just nine days after left the equipment changed the middle of the tournament And he dropped $ 995 on Uber to transfer his original Taylormade club from his Florida home to Bay Hill, on the eve of Arnold Palmer Invitational.
He returned to his original driver and Woodsa did not make a direct impact because McIlroy found only four fertile trips from the T -shirt in the opening of 68, while he entered the weekend one blow despite the disappointing ending in his second round.
McIlroy reached the last round of four shots from the pace, but he charged three ahead with six holes to play, only to increase the fear of another almost miss in a big event when he broke through the lead and inserted into Play-off with Spaun.
“Standing through that teenager at 16 (the first playoffs) is the most serious in which I was long,” admitted McIlroy, who revealed that he woke up at 3 in the morning and couldn’t go back to sleep in front of the play-offs.
“I think it will stand for me, feel that way and be able to hit the golf recording I need, until your stomach feels great, your legs are a little shivering and your heart rate is racing. To have to go through, it’s nice in the last memory of some of the tournaments.”
McIlroy finished four times the winner – including US Open, Amgen Irish Open and BMW PGA Championship – last season, although he thinks he is now better equipped to cope with the claim.
“I don’t seem to make these mistakes in critical times as I have been earlier,” he explained. “I think a lot of that was just learning from these mistakes
“It’s a long career. You have to stay incredibly patient. Yes, I would say that some of these losses helped me learn what to do when I am in those positions again.”
Masters in mind for mcilroy?
McIlroy will be among the favorites once again at the Masters, where Scottie Scheffler World 1 Scheffler defends the champion, and Northern Irish hoped to continue his game in his next PGA Tour – one of the Texas events – before heading to August National.
“I think you just double about what I do,” McIlroy added. “I certainly the advocate if he is not broken, do not try to fix it. Everything feels like he is in good condition in the moment.
“I’m a better path. I’m better around the greenery. I can better fly the ball in the wind. My ability to design the shots of both ways. I have never had my best things this week, but I still managed to win one of the biggest tournaments in the world. It’s a big deal.”
Asked if his best golf is yet to come, mcilroy Sky Sports said: “Absolutely. I don’t think I should be here if I didn’t believe my best golf was ahead of me.
“I want to try to continue to improve and improve myself and that is the reason that, after 16 or 17 years, I still do it.”
He added, “The younger guys who go out are getting better every year and I have to continue working hard to hang out with them. I do a pretty good job. I feel like I have been left in the tank for a few more years.”
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