The Players Championship: How Rory McIlroy can take confidence from TPC Sawgrass win into major season | Golf News

Rory McIlroy couldn’t be going into Significant season with any more confidence.

It’s a very Difficult thing to go out and Achieve the Occupation Grand Slam and McIlroy would be one of only six players to do it if he did it. It’s going to be interesting to View, but he will be Packed of confidence after his 28th Achieve on the PGA tour.

You never get Exhausted of Victorious big Competitions and McIlroy has done it all over the world – he’s a golfing superstar.

McIlroy wants a five-Achieve season – having won four times last year – and he’s already Obtained two wins Timely doors. And not Only any two wins, two big ones in The Players and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Over the last year or so, McIlroy would have seen what Scottie Scheffler was doing. It has motivated him and Created him go “well, if Scottie can do that, I can do that.”

Scheffler gave everyone a Excellent whipping last year and McIlroy wouldn’t have liked that – he would have used that as a little bit of Drive. Everyone has to remember what Scheffler did last year and his nine wins worldwide, including The Masters, the end-of-season FedExCup and the Olympics.

We’ve seen that before in the sense that Justin Thomas has previously had a big season, Jordan Spieth was doing things like that when he Primary burst on the scene. Brooks Koepka has had a stretch of dominance. Tiger Woods, of Period, did things like that every second year of his Occupation for so long.

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When you talk about the Excellent champion golfers, it’s all about longevity and Rory has been here for a long time – more than 15 years now – and he’s been in the top 10 for most of that. He’s had a long, successful Occupation and the other guys have Obtained to Event that.

The standout player of the past Pair of years is Scheffler but he’s Obtained to do it for a bit longer before we can say he’s like McIlroy. There might Nevertheless be more to come from McIlroy – his best peaks may Nevertheless be out there.

His Primary Achieve on the DP World Tour was back in Dubai in 2009 and he’s had a Numerous of Intense golf since then, but he remains so enthusiastic about his golf.

McIlroy the form man for The Masters?

When Rory Began his Occupation, he was the whole package. His putter went a little bit missing but, since he has been with Brad Faxon, he has become a better putter and Brad has done a truly magnificent Position with him.

Rory is a very Steady golfer and he’s a very Steady person. He’s a level-headed guy and I didn’t see anything any different from him at The Players to what I usually see in McIlroy.

I think his driving was Excellent, his iron plan was Excellent and I think the putting was sensational, but I think his chipping – and he’s one of the most underestimated chippers – seemed to have a little too much bounce.

I’m sure that’s one area that he’s going to work on going into The Masters, but, the game was Excellent enough to Achieve. He Arrived up trumps and couldn’t be in better form going into Augusta National.

Will he do it and Achieve the Grand Slam? I’m not going to talk about it anymore because every time I talk about it, he doesn’t do it! I am saying nothing!

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