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Rory McIlroy joked about his prep for next week’s PGA Championship<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy heads into next week\u2019s PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club still searching for consistency after an uneven week at the Truist Championship, but the world No. 2 believes his preparation has already put him in a strong position.<\/p>\n
McIlroy closed the Truist Championship with a final-round 67 at Quail Hollow to finish at 5-under-par for the tournament. The four-time major champion mixed strong ball-striking with ongoing swing adjustments as he continued preparing for the second major championship of the season.<\/p>\n
After the round, McIlroy also joked about his early preparation trip to Aronimink, referencing the attention his Masters preparation received earlier this year. When asked if he made just one visit to the PGA Championship venue, McIlroy smiled and said, \u201cNo, I lived there for a week. I just played it every day. I think that\u2019s allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy Explains Early Aronimink PGA Championship Preparation<\/p>\n
McIlroy later clarified that the trip was much shorter than his joke suggested, but he said the advance visit helped him learn important details about the golf course before tournament week.<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy\u2019s preparation for the Masters drew headlines earlier this year and he just trolled everyone when asked about his preparation for Aronimink next week:<\/p>\n
\u201cI lived there for a week. Just played it every day. (Smiling.)\u201d<\/p>\n
Rory shot 67 today to currently climb inside the <\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I went up and back in the same day,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cAnd yeah, it was good to get a lot. We played the BMW there in 2018, but the course played a lot differently.\u201d<\/p>\n
McIlroy explained that conditions at Aronimink Golf Club were much firmer and faster compared to the 2018 BMW Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was wet in 2018 and the greens didn\u2019t play as fast or as severe as what I felt like they played last week when I played,\u201d McIlroy said.<\/p>\n
The Northern Irishman said the early scouting trip will also allow him to reduce the amount of practice he needs during PGA Championship week.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just means that the week of the tournament you\u2019re not under pressure to play a lot of holes,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cHistorically the practice rounds at the PGA can be excruciatingly long so it\u2019s probably going to just be nine holes Tuesday, nine holes Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n
McIlroy added that his practice round focused less on scorekeeping and more on strategy around the course.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just like figuring out clubs off tees, lines off tees and putting to where I think the hole locations are going to be,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cIt was more of like a traditional practice round.\u201d<\/p>\n
The PGA Tour star also confirmed that a recent blister issue should not affect him next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, it\u2019s fine yeah I\u2019ll be okay,\u201d McIlroy said.<\/p>\n
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GettyRory McIlroy of Northern Ireland<\/p>\n
Although McIlroy finished the Truist Championship with a strong final round, he acknowledged that he continued battling a familiar swing tendency throughout the week.<\/p>\n
\u201cYa exact same thing yeah,\u201d McIlroy said when asked whether his left miss mirrored the issue he dealt with during the Masters earlier this season.<\/p>\n
The problem resurfaced during the third round at Quail Hollow, where McIlroy shot 75 before rebounding Sunday with a 67.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s sort of my bad habit at the minute and I just have to be aware of it,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cI was much more aware of it and did a better job of managing it today.\u201d<\/p>\n
McIlroy credited a lengthy Saturday evening range session for helping him improve before the final round.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent a good bit of time on the range last night just trying to straighten it out,\u201d he said. \u201cI think the range session last night was good. I figured out a couple of things.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old plans to continue working on the issue before traveling back to Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to go home tonight, which will be nice, spend a night in my own bed and practice at home tomorrow,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cTry to just sort of continue that feel and bring that up to Philadelphia for the rest of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n
McIlroy previously won at Quail Hollow multiple times and entered the Truist Championship as one of the featured names in the field. While he finished outside contention after an inconsistent third round, he now shifts his full attention toward the PGA Championship at Aronimink, where he hopes his early preparation and recent adjustments can carry into another major week.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tDebayan Biswas<\/a> is a sports writer covering the NBA and NFL for Heavy.com. He focuses on breaking news, trades, and player stories. His work has been featured by Athlon Sports and Pro Football and Sports Network, with republication across platforms including Yahoo Sports and Yardbarker. More about Debayan Biswas<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Rory McIlroy joked about his prep for next week’s PGA Championship Rory McIlroy heads into next week\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-661016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}