Rory McIlroy insists there’s loads of “good stuff” he can take from the Memorial Match into the US Open, though the world No 2 is absolutely conscious of his driver problem heading into the subsequent main.
McIlroy completed tied-Twelfth after a weather-affected week at Muirfield Village, the place he birdied 5 of the primary six holes in a final-round 68 to complete eight strokes behind winner JT Poston.
The six-time main champion will now spend a number of days in England earlier than travelling to New York over the weekend, with McIlroy eager to construct on the positives from his efficiency forward of Shinnecock Hills.
“Sort of like two steps forward, one step back,” McIlroy assessed his week. “I actually felt like I played some of my best golf on Friday afternoon and we just got tough conditions – it was just hard coming in.
“Then yesterday [Saturday] felt like I left a number of on the market after which in the present day [Sunday] as nicely after the quick begin. It will have been good to maintain that going however wasn’t fairly in a position to hold the momentum that I had on that entrance 9. General not a nasty week, obtained some good things out of it.”
He added: “My iron play was higher, wedge play was good. Off the tee nonetheless wasn’t the place I need it to be. Fortunately the fairways at Shinnecock are just a little wider than they’re right here, however nonetheless must work on that.
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McIlroy noticed his ball bounce off a path and hit a tree, however in some way keep in play through the Memorial Match
“I need to work on how I’m hitting it off the tee. But everything else, putting felt pretty good, for the most part. Just [need to] try to keep getting a little bit better each and every day heading into Shinnecock.”
McIlroy has completed no increased than seventh in his three begins since turning into a back-to-back winner of The Masters, the place he additionally struggled with inconsistency with the driving force – a problem nonetheless impacting him heading into the important thing stretch of the season.
McIlroy continues to take care of points off the tee heading into the US Open
The 37-year-old topped the driving distance statistics on the Memorial Match however sat tied-Thirty eighth for driving accuracy, having discovered solely 30 of the 56 fairways through the week, with McIlroy in a position to determine what he wants to deal with.
“I 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,” McIlroy defined about his struggles off the tee.
“If I’m 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.
McIlroy is chasing a seventh main title, whereas a US Open victory would give him the third leg of the ‘double Grand Slam’
“Then if I try to hit one with a draw or pretty neutral, I’ll still get a little bit underneath it, and I’ll release it and it will overturn a little bit, but I have to try to get the club back out in front of me.
“Then when it will get out in entrance of me, if I do get it there, then it is about having the best launch sample on the best way by.
“I feel limited at the minute.”
Scheffler ‘comfy’ with sport regardless of ‘irritating’ week
McIlroy will probably be among the many pre-tournament favourites to win the US Open, 15 years on from claiming his maiden main victory at an occasion the place he has completed inside the highest 20 in every of the final seven editions.
Scottie Scheffler could have the chance to finish the profession Grand Slam at Shinnecock Hills, having missed out on successful the Memorial for a 3rd consecutive yr after ending tied-Twelfth alongside McIlroy.
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Scottie Scheffler had a heated change with caddie Ted Scott after discovering the water from a tee shot through the Memorial Match
“I would say pretty frustrating,” Scheffler mentioned about his week, the place he carded rounds of 73, 72, 68 and 71. “But the way I played the last two days, I definitely feel a lot better with kind of where things are at than I did coming off the course on Friday.
“I began hitting some good photographs on the again 9 Friday, after which I performed respectable the final couple days. I simply wasn’t sharp sufficient to make the large transfer that I wanted to make.
“Just couldn’t really get anything going. Just little things, little mistakes that I don’t typically make, I felt like I was making this week. So a few things to clean up in the off week, but overall I feel pretty comfortable with where my game is at.”
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