Rory McIlroy insists he’s targeted on claiming his third win of the 12 months within the Texas Kids’s Houston Open, regardless of the Masters looming ever nearer.
McIlroy made his annual journey to Augusta Nationwide following his victory within the Gamers Championship at Sawgrass, which got here six weeks after he kicked off his PGA Tour season by successful the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am.
TEXAS ON HIS MIND
The world quantity two wished yet one more aggressive begin earlier than his newest try to win the Masters and full the profession grand slam and has opted for a primary Houston Open look since 2014 as an alternative of subsequent week’s Valero Texas Open in San Antonio.
“I simply wish to get a card in my hand and shoot scores and hopefully get myself in rivalry and attempt to win one other golf event,” McIlroy advised a pre-tournament press convention.
“It’s not as if I’m enjoying right here this week and interested by two weeks’ time. I’m right here, I’m within the current, I’m making an attempt to do my greatest this week and making an attempt to win this golf event.
“I’m clearly enjoying properly, I wish to preserve enjoying properly, so I believe each spherical you play the place you see good stuff you’re kind of filling up that confidence bucket slightly bit, so I wish to see that.
“It was nice to get a win a pair weeks in the past however I nonetheless really feel I might have performed lots higher. I attempted to poke holes in plenty of my sport final week and take into consideration issues I might do higher, and there have been undoubtedly issues that I might work on or do higher.
“It’s a great alternative to exit and see if a few of the work I did at dwelling and I’m persevering with to do right here, hopefully it’s all getting into the best route.”
AUGUSTA VISIT
McIlroy’s latest journey to Augusta allowed him to evaluate the state of the course following the harm brought on by Hurricane Helene final autumn, with 4 greens – together with the sixteenth – having additionally been relaid.
“The loss of some timber is unquestionably noticeable, they’ve needed to redo that [16th] inexperienced nevertheless it’s precisely the identical as what it was,” McIlroy added.
“The outlet will play… other than perhaps just a few much less shadows on the inexperienced late within the day due to a few timber that have been misplaced, however other than that, it’s just about the identical.”
Defending Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, who’s looking for a 3rd inexperienced jacket within the area of 4 years, can be within the discipline in Houston, the place his second place final 12 months got here in between 4 victories.
