Rory McIlroy Breaks Silence Ahead Of Travelers Championship After Blasting Media At U.S. Open

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Rory McIlroy has broken his silence ahead of the Travelers Championship, just days after hitting out at the media following the U.S. Open at Oakmont ⛳️

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basically become the behemoth that they have become. So for him to bring that experience to the PGA tour um I think will be amazing and um you know I think it’s great that you know Jay is is there to to help with the the smooth transition also. So um yeah I think it’s a a really you know positive thing for the tour. Go to the middle with Kevin here. In terms of um recovery after the US Open or recovery in any week, are there a couple things you make sure to do every week for recovery, whether it’s physical or mental, and is that maybe more important after the US Open or is it just as important, I guess, any week? I think it’s important every week. Um yeah, I mean there’s there’s certain things I I um you know, I think everyone’s got their own way of recovering from, you know, grueling weeks. Um, but I think they’re just like the little habits that you pick up along the way, whether um whether it’s physical or whether it’s mental or getting away from it and you know you giving yourself a little bit of time to recharge. But um yeah, I think it’s it’s it’s important to take care of yourself physically and mentally to um you know, especially when you you know, you play these big events and there’s you know, there’s a lot of you know, pressure and expectation. And it’s, you know, it is it is important to to get away from all that as well. Is a lot of it like Sunday night or is it kind of Monday morning as you’re traveling? I know I think the Mondays are, you know, I think most people, you know, I certainly like to, you know, unwind and have a glass of wine on a Sunday night. So, I wouldn’t say that’s the best recovery um modality, but certainly Mondays are where I try to get back into um or give myself that day. you know, Mon I think Mondays in between tournaments are um are are quite important as a as a reset. Um so that’s that’s what I try to do. And um the birdie record PGH sanctioned is nine. It it was set in 1994. It hasn’t been surpassed since. And a lot of records in golf and things keep going lower and lower, but I’m I’m curious your take on why kind of it has set at nine. And if you think nine in a row, nine in a row. I mean, I make two birdies in a row and I’m thinking, “Oh.” So, I think it’s more of a mental thing. Um, where yeah, you know, you start to make a few birdies in a row and you start to think about it. And, you know, I think that’s the worst thing you can do. You just need to try to get out of your own way when you’re on a when you’re on a run like that. Um, but yeah, I I think it’ll be a long time since when you see someone with 10 birdies in a row out here, especially with, you know, how difficult the setups are getting and and how tough the courses are. Do you have an idea of what your longest run might be either on tour or not on tour? Um, no. No, I mean, look, I I know I’ve played, you know, stretches of holes, you know, like nine under through 10 or whatever, but um I wouldn’t I don’t know. We’ll go back to David in the back right back there. Thank you. Thanks, Roy. You sort of hinted at this a little bit before, but the PJ tour schedule, having gone memorial, Canadian Open, US Open, challenging golf courses can really sort of grind people up. And then you come here and traditionally scores are much, much lower. Is it almost good in some ways inside the locker rooms when guys are talking about that that you have an event where you don’t have to maybe grind for as many pars as you would at some of those events that the timing of this event where traditionally scores go really low is actually kind of welcome. I think it is welcome, you know, especially after Yeah. You know, the guys that played Memorial, you know, that was that was a grind. Um, and yeah, look, there’s there’s a lot of guys in the field this week where this is their fourth tournament in a row. So yeah, they’ve they’ve been put through the ringer the last couple, you know, few weeks and yeah, this is a welcome um a welcome setup where, you know, they feel like they can relax a little bit and um yeah, not not have to grind so much for for your score. Do do you have to mentally make any adjustments or changes coming from Oakmont traditionally US Open golf courses and things like that if you’re coming here where you know you’re you’re trying to grind out pars and stuff like that. You make four or five pars in a row here. You might feel like you’re losing ground to the field a little bit. I I sometimes struggle with that when I go back to Europe as well because the the setups traditionally in Europe aren’t quite as hard as the the setups over here. So, you know, the one thing on the PJ tour that I’m always I think we’re all aware of is like not shortsighting yourself, you know, like you shortsided yourself last week at Oakmont and it’s like automatic bogey if not more. Um like some sometimes when I go back to Europe or go come to a tournament like this, you have to remind yourself, no, you can go at the pin, you know, you can actually fire at the pins here. So, you know, that that takes a little bit of a mental adjustment at times. Yeah. And right here, Joe, assuming you haven’t seen the course yet, have you heard about the course changes from Andy or anything along the lines or No. No. Are you looking forward to seeing them? Just like they shrunk a couple fairways and from the what happened two years ago. So, yeah. Um yeah, I’m you know, I’m scheduled to play the uh the front line this afternoon, but um yeah, yeah, I I don’t know much about them, but you know, looking forward to getting on the course and and seeing it again. You mentioned clicking something in your game. Do you know immediately when there’s one shot on the range or in the middle of the round it’s clicking and it’s working? Like you said, I don’t think it’s one shot. I think it’s a uh it’s the repeatability of shots. If I can see something um or have a feeling that that is very repeatable um whether it’s on, you know, on the range is one thing, but then on the golf course is the other. I think that’s, you know, the proof is in the pudding there. Um and definitely last week I felt I found a feeling especially off the tea that was that was repeatable that was working well. Um you know and I led strokes gained off the tea last week which was you know a big a big thing for me. Which round? Any particular uh from the f I thought I I drove the ball well all all week last week. All right, we’re going to do our final two questions. Um Joe, if you’ll pass the mic right. No, we’ll keep it right here. Pass your right and then we’ll finish with Dan. Hi Rory. What’s it like um seeing amateurs try to work their way around a course like this on ProAm day? Where do you see them having the most trouble? And um you know, do you take take a moment here and there to try and fix anything about their swing or help them read a green, etc.? Yeah, I mean, yeah, like I’ll certainly help them to read a green, but you know, the last thing I think they need is more swing thoughts in their head when they’re playing in these proams. Um, I think sometimes it’s just more they they they try to they try to take shots on or they try to hit a shot that they probably could pull off once or twice out of 10 instead of playing a little bit more percentage. And that’s boring, but you know, that’s certainly the most effective way to to lower your score. And final question to Dan on the left. You’re playing in a bunch of national opens um moving forward. You’ve talked about like trying to find a new Mount Everest, a new like new motivation. Is playing around the world part of that? You seem to be going on a world tour this year. Yeah. Um, you know, I’ve always wanted to go to India. Um, and the European tour and DP World created a new event there. So, um, you know, I was asked at the start of the year, would I be interested in going? And, you know, I said, yeah, like that sounds amazing. It’s in a part, you know, I, you know, the Hero Indian Opens always like when we’re, it’s like March, April time. So, I’d love to go play DLF and, you know, try to, you know, figure my way around that place. But, um, you know, this one in in in Delhi in in October made more sense. Um, I’ve always loved the Australian Open. Um, you know, I’ve I’ve won there before. Um, you know, I played there as an amateur in the Australian Open, qualified for it, went through a qualifier in 2005, got through like a nineman playoff to to get in. Um, so I’ve always had a, you know, a huge affinity for that part of the world. So to go back, especially, you know, Royal Melbourne this year, Kingston Heath next year, two of the best golf courses in the world on the sand belt. Um, you know, that’s that’s awesome, too. Um but yeah I you know that it’s that’s the part of the year where we have the opportunity to travel and to and to do these things. Um and if it makes sense for the schedule and especially look I I’m excited to you know there’s never been a green jacket in India before. So to bring the green jacket to India is something that’s going to be really cool. Um you know to go back to the Australian Open. Um you know I won that in 2013. Adam and I had a great battle down the stretch on the last day. He was the Mast’s champion at that point. So, I don’t know. I just I I like to travel, you know, I like to play in different parts of the world and um you know, there’s you know, I’ve never been to India. I haven’t been to Australia in 10 years, you know, so it’s it’s nice to go back to these places. Are you going to bring the green jacket to Old Trafford? Um I I I don’t I probably not. I probably don’t I don’t know if I’ll have the if I’ll have the opportunity. If I do, I would like if I do have the opportunity. Um I would like to, but I Yeah, we’ll we’ll see. All right, Rory, thanks so much for your time and best of luck this week. Thank you. All right. All right. All right.