{"id":694812,"date":"2026-06-10T03:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/694812\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T03:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:20:16","slug":"i-feel-limited-rory-mcilroy-releases-honest-statement-about-his-golf-issues-ahead-of-u-s-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/694812\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I Feel Limited’: Rory McIlroy Releases Honest Statement About His Golf Issues Ahead of U.S. Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Already knowing that Jack\u2019s Place has been a little frustrating for him to dominate, Rory McIlroy<\/a> knew winning against a loaded field wouldn\u2019t come easy. His final round 68 at the Memorial offered reasons for encouragement, but Muirfield Village exposed one area of his game that became a trouble for himself: his driver.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get a little bit underneath the plane on the way down, and then from there I try to drag the handle to match it up, and then I get toe strikes,\u201d McIlroy told the media at Muirfield.<\/a> \u201cThen the toe strikes are\u2014like, if I\u2019m aiming a touch left trying to hit a cut and I get a touch underneath it and then I try to save it by dragging the handle, I hit it off the toe, and then it goes left.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut then if I try to hit with one with a draw or pretty neutral, I\u2019ll still get a little bit underneath it, and I\u2019ll release it, and it will overturn a little bit. But I have to try to get the club back out in front of me. But then, when it gets out in front of me, if I do get it there, then it\u2019s about having the right release pattern on the way through.\u201d<\/p>\n

After answering, McIlroy realized that the reporter looked \u201cvery confused,\u201d and to this, the reporter replied, \u201cI\u2019m limited.\u201d Then came McIlroy\u2019s almost poetic realization about his driving ability:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI feel limited at the minute, too,\u201d the two-time major winner responded.<\/p>\n

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At the memorial, he hit only 30 of 56 fairways and still ranked 11th in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee. But he was four percent off his accuracy, according to Data Golf, and that\u2019s what matters to him. While he was impressed with his iron play, short game, and putting, he also knows his driver needs to work before teeing off at the US Open because while McIlroy\u2019s driving ability is widely considered his superpower, it has been a recurring soft spot this year.<\/p>\n

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At the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink, in the first round, he just hit five fairways. It was the right miss that troubled him. He missed the right of the fairway on the first, fourth, sixth, seventh, and ninth holes. He was visibly frustrated by how the day had gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not just driving the ball well enough. It\u2019s been a problem for the most part all year. I miss it, and then I want to try to correct it. Then I\u2019ll overdo it, and I\u2019ll miss it left. It\u2019s a bit of back-and-forth that way. So that\u2019s pretty frustrating, especially when like, I pride myself on driving the ball well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At Augusta National earlier this year, he kept facing a similar struggle with his driver for the first three days. Surprisingly, he ranked 90th out of 91 players over the first two rounds in driving accuracy. He worked to improve his driving ability on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

His goal was to open the clubface a little more, and for this, he focused on hitting quite a few cut shots and tried to open up his lower body through impact, as it helps him stabilize the clubface and start the ball more in line with more of a neutral flight. It helped as he won his second Masters.<\/p>\n

For the US Open, he has already visited Shinnecock Hills and has noted that the fairways there are a little wider. Now, McIlroy will spend some time in England, and from there, on Saturday, he will fly to Westhampton. However, he already has a plan for the next two weeks:<\/p>\n

\u201cJust try to keep getting a little bit better each and every day heading into Shinnecock.\u201d<\/p>\n

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