PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Before Rory McIlroy left Bay Hill on Sunday evening, Fresh Off dropped him on the wrong track in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational while shooting for Final Round 75, he heard the voice of someone who was on top of him. Was the way to a doctor’s couch.
“I don’t know what the term is or how to describe it, but have been a little disappointed right now,” McElroy said Sunday, adding that McLeroy said on Sunday after finishing 10th at the par-6 double. Less than bogey 7, where he played two balls to the lake. “I want something, I want a spark, I want something and I don’t think so.”
The 2019 Players Championship winner McElroy is the defending champion this week at TPC Sovereigns, as last year’s event was canceled after one round due to an outbreak of COVID-19.
McIlroy is in a strange place. He is not playing poor golf. But he is not winning. His last win was at HSBC in November of 2019. She was one of four wins in 2019. They have struggled since, but have not ended.
McElroy was depressed after falling behind in the leaderboard on Sunday.
“I think it was just walking away from the course not being my best day and I guess anyone who was there at the time was going to vent a little bit,” McElroy said from Bay Hill on Tuesday. Touted a serious post-round outlook. “Look, I thought it was bad.” I felt disappointed. It’s funny, I’d almost feel better if my game was worse, but this was the one I shot 66 on Thursday and thought, ‘I’ve got it, I’m feeling great,’ and then I don’t have it at all. Was. There are a lot of ups and downs.
“I think that’s where I’m struggling to come to terms with it and trying to figure out what I need to do because there’s good stuff,” ‘he went on. “I will always be able to figure it out and find a way. But when it goes a little far, how do you manage it?
“I think over the years, I’ve felt really good when my game isn’t fully capable of shooting 69, 70, yet being able to equalize it, where I think the final few weeks. When it didn’t feel quite right. I’m like spilling water and I’m just shooting as well. It felt like last week.
“I am just trying to improve bad golf a little bit because good golf always lasts and good shots will always be there. When you’re not feeling quite a hundred percent, this is when you just need to manage it a little bit better, and I haven’t managed it well in the last few weeks. “
Perhaps returning to Savagrass as the so-called defending champion will give McElroy the “spark” he is seeking.
“It’s good to be back,” he said. “It’s nice, like I get another bite on the cherry.”
Leave a Reply