Rory McIlroy’s accomplishments in golf include winning the US Open in 2011, the PGA Championship in 2012 and 2014, and The Open in the same year. However, he hasn’t won any additional major tournaments since then. Currently, McIlroy is participating in the Scottish Open before competing in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool from July 20-23.
Rory McIlroy insists he won’t get carried away about expectations for him to end his nine-year winless major drought at The 151st Open next week.
Rory McIlroy is considered one of the top contenders for the final men’s major tournament of the year, The Open, which is being held at Royal Liverpool. This is the first time the tournament is returning to this course since McIlroy achieved the impressive milestone of completing the third leg of the career Grand Slam in 2014.
Rory McIlroy, the former world No 1, had a wire-to-wire victory in Hoylake and won the PGA Championship a month later. However, he has been unable to win any more majors since then, despite finishing in the top 10 in 19 major tournaments during that time.
“I sort of dealt with that [expectation] at Augusta this year,” McIlroy told Sky Sports. “Felt like my game was in really good shape but I didn’t produce what I needed to produce the first two days, and that was disappointing.
“I think I learned a lot from that and just about playing a golf tournament. 72 holes is a long time. A lot can happen. It’s a journey. It’s a journey to get yourself into contention, and to be there on Sunday afternoon, and there’s a lot of golf shots to be hit and a lot of golf to be played.
“The worst thing you can do in this game is get ahead of yourself.”
Rory McIlroy’s recent performances have been impressive, despite missing the cut at The Masters in April. He has achieved top-seven finishes in his last five worldwide starts, including a second-place finish at the US Open last month. McIlroy is determined to capitalize on his near-miss at the US Open and his strong showing at The Open last summer at St Andrews.
“I’m as close as I’ve ever been [to winning another major], really,” McIlroy added. “My consistency in the performances, especially in the majors over the last couple years is way better than it has been over the last few years.
“I’m really pleased at that but at the same time, had a really good chance at St Andrews and had a really good chance in Los Angeles a few weeks ago.
“I need to keep putting myself in those positions obviously and the more times I go through them and just gaining that experience, even though I’m not getting the wins, it’s going to stand by me for whenever I get myself in position again.”
Rory McIlroy will be participating in the Genesis Scottish Open this week, an event that he did not take part in last year. As the world No 3, he hopes to use this co-sanctioned event as practice before the major tournament next week.
“I played four weeks in a row and then having two weeks off where I took at least the first week of that two weeks completely off,” McIlroy explained. “I didn’t touch a club for a little bit after that four-week stretch.
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