“Ever since I first set eyes on this golf course, I loved it from the first time I played it, and that love has sort of been reciprocated back. I’ve played so well here over the years.”
Since profitable the WGC-HSBC Champions in 2019, McIlroy, who grew to become a father for the first time final August, has endured his struggles with type and harm.
In reality, the 32-year-old stated he got here near not even trying to play this weekend after hurting his neck on the follow vary on Wednesday, an harm he stated “progressively got a little bit better as the week went on.”
His 553-day drought has seen him slip to 15th in the world rankings, his lowest since late 2009.
In an try to recalibrate, he has began working with coach Pete Cowen. And after lacking the reduce at each the Players Championship and the Masters, he lastly bought again to profitable methods.
“It’s satisfying to see the work is paying off, nevertheless it’s simply the beginning. There’s a lot extra I wish to obtain and a lot extra I wish to do in the sport.”
Here, there and everywhere
If one person learned this weekend that you should always wait until after the final whistle before leaving a sporting event, that might be Bryson DeChambeau.
The American superstar shot a three-over 74 on Friday at the Wells Fargo Championship, leaving him two-over for the tournament.
Thinking he had missed the cut, DeChambeau flew home to Dallas from Charlotte, only to learn in the middle of the flight that he’d made the cut after all.
The world No. 4 went home and slept for about five hours before catching a flight at 2.45 a.m. back to Charlotte.
After catching some more shuteye on the flight, he landed at 5:45 a.m. and drove to Quail Hollow in time for his 8:10 a.m. tee time Saturday.
Despite his tiredness, he still shot 68.
He made up for it by sleeping 11 hours before Sunday’s round.
Despite the fatigue from clocking up some travel miles, DeChambeau played well on his return to Charlotte, eventually finishing tied for ninth, retaking his FedExCup lead in the process.
“Even at that, it’s still FedExCup points, it’s still world ranking points. I was pleased to have come back and finished — hopefully I can get inside the top 10 and be there and keep moving up the world rankings. The goal is obviously to be No. 1 and I want to be at the Olympics, so we’ll keep moving forward in the right direction.”
