Northern Eire’s Rory McIlroy says he’s “involved” by his kind heading into the US Open subsequent week after battling driver points on the Canadian Open.
The 36-year-old missed the lower on the Canadian Open on Friday, ending 9 over par and 149th in a 153-man discipline.
The Masters champion shot an eight-over-par 78 throughout his second spherical as he struggled to become familiar with a brand new driver.
McIlroy’s earlier driver was dominated non-conforming on the eve of final month’s US PGA Championship, with the Northern Irishman happening to complete forty seventh in North Carolina.
With a brand new 44-inch driver in hand, McIlroy discovered simply 13 of 28 fairways in Toronto and he made a quadruple-bogey eight on the par-four fifth gap after a disastrous tee-off.
“After all it considerations me,” mentioned McIlroy.
“You do not need to shoot excessive scores just like the one I did right this moment. I felt like I got here right here, clearly with a brand new driver, pondering that kind of was going to be good and clear up among the issues off the tee, but it surely did not.
“Clearly going to Oakmont subsequent week, what it’s essential do greater than the rest there’s hit fairways. I am nonetheless kind of trying to find the lacking piece off the tee. Clearly for me, once I get that a part of the sport clicking, then every thing falls into place for me. Proper now that is not. Yeah, that is a priority going into subsequent week.”
