Present in Pennsylvania for the Truist Championship, the sixth signature event of the season on the PGA Tour, Rory McILroy returned to a press conference on his history victory at the Masters on April 13. The North Irishman took the opportunity to reveal that the worst moment of this 4th round in Augusta with very strong emotions is not necessarily the one that everyone imagines.
As we know, Rory McLroy’s victory almost a month ago at Augusta was anything but simple to drop out. North Irish must have gone to the play-off to defeat both English Justin Rose but also his old demons, those who prevented him from imposing themselves in Masters Since this fatal Sunday in 2011 when he had still four strokes ahead of hole n ° 10.
Invited this week at a press conference upstream of the Truist Championshipsixth Signature Event of the season on PGA Tourthe now 6th player to achieve the Grand Chelem in a career has returned to this success that all of his fans have been waiting for almost fifteen years now.
The worst moment that I felt on Sunday in Augusta is probably when I sorted at 10 and then took 4 shots ahead. There, I said to myself: ” I really can’t miss it now. This is where the pressure was the strongest.
Rory McIlroy
When asked what was the worst time he had to live during this last round of the 89th Masters in history, Rory McILroy did not mention the famous double Bogey conceded on by 5 of the 13, leaving his main opponents at the same time. He who nevertheless had four lengths ahead at the start of hole n ° 10. As in 2011 precisely …
« The worst moment that I felt on Sunday in Augusta, it was probably when I did 10 and then took 4 strokes aheadhe admits. There, I said to myself: “I really can’t miss it now. »» This is where the pressure was the strongest. We know that we are not only trying to win another tournament, we try to enter history, and it has a certain weight. I felt this in Augusta over the years. »
I will probably not be as nervous as in recent years in my participations in major tournaments.
Rory McIlroy
Released from this pressure, not to say this burden, again winner in major after eleven years of scarcity (since the PGA Championship 2014), Rory McILroy also suggested that this position would certainly help him in the approach of his future Grand Chelem tournaments. Starting with this PGA Championship 2025 scheduled from May 15 to 18 to Quail Hollow (North Carolina), one of its favorite gardens in the United States. He won there four times, the last time last year.
« It will most certainly be differenthe said. I will probably not be as nervous as in recent years in my participations in major tournaments. I will probably be a little more comfortable, a little more relaxed. I think that overall, it will be a good thing. »
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