Rory McIlroy faces driver trouble before we open after missing a tournament cut
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Rory McIlroy may have some serious driver troubles next week We are open.
The 2025 Masters winner missed a cut with 12 strokes at the RBC Canada Open and shot an 8-over 78 on Friday. PGA Tour Events for his career.
The last time McIlroy shot a 78 was in the first round of the 2024 opening.
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Rory McIlroy attacks the tee shot on the eighth hole in the second round of the RBC Canadian Open Golf Tournament. (Imaginary of Dan Hamilton-Immagn)
McIlroy said his round “is worried about me,” and the professional golfer said he didn’t worry after placing four times the bogeys, one double bogey and four bogeys along with two birdies.
“You don’t want to shoot the high score like I did today,” McIlroy said. All ESPN. “Even so, I felt like I was coming here with a new driver who obviously thought something like that would be good and thought it would solve some of the tee issues, but it wasn’t.”
McIlroy’s drivers have been focused since the PGA Championship last month, leaking out that there were some non-conforming drivers that were not available after pre-tournament testing.
Scotty Schefflerthe winner at the Quazul Hollow Club that week also had a misfit driver, but his name was not publicly known. However, McIlroy was checked after his name came out there and he skipped the media session throughout the tournament. He finished the T-47.
Before teeing off in Toronto this week, McIlroy admitted he was upset that his driver’s conundrum was revealed.
Rory McIlroy responds after playing a bunker shot on the first hole in the second round of the RBC Canada Open Golf Tournament. (Imaginary of Dan Hamilton-Immagn)
“I was a bit p— D-off because I knew the Scotty driver had failed on Monday, but my name was leaked,” McIlroy said at a press conference. New York Post. “It was supposed to be kept confidential, something two members of the media leaked.
“I’m trying to protect Scotty, so I didn’t want to stand up there and say what I regret. I don’t want to mention his name. I’m trying to protect TaylorMade.
So McIlroy’s tee shot was under the microscope this week as he was working with a new driver, and it wasn’t as consistent as usual.
McIlroy is one of the best drivers on the tour and currently ranks number one in strokes acquired from the tee, but is third in average shots for 319.3 yards.
Rory McIlroy is filming a t-shirt in the third hole in the second round of the RBC Canadian Open Golf Tournament. (Imaginary of Dan Hamilton-Immagn)
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But McIlroy’s accuracy needs to be far better than ever, as Oakmont Country Club’s Rough has the ability to swallow golf balls at the US Open next week and ruin the round. He ranked 170th in driving accuracy, reaching the fairway time of 51.13%.
With at least cuts from this week’s tournament, McIlroy will have more days to get a grasp of the drivers before teeing up at the US Open on Thursday.
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