“I played really nicely and honestly I thought four under par around here was a good score”, he said.
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McIlroy’s golf since returning to action in the season’s final major, the US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, in mid-August hasn’t exactly been shabby, having notched a top-10 finish in that and also ending up fourth in the BMW Championship, the penultimate event in the FedEx Cup Play-Offs on the PGA Tour, in Illinois.
He has a lead of 271,214 points over England’s Danny Willett on the Race to Dubai, but can not afford to relax with each of the four Final Series events worth more than 1.3million points to the victor. “I still hit a few shots that were a little loose, but I saw a few putts go in the hole, no bogeys on the card is always good, so I think five under today, it’s a good way to start the tournament”. I want to try and get back into contention and there is no better place than this week.
Antalya – Charl Schwartzel can cook up a mean beef dish, but Rory McIlroy stole his thunder in the Turkish Airlines Open Gourmet Golfers Challenge at The Montgomerie Maxx Royal on Wednesday.
Fitzpatrick said: “It was brilliant to win earlier this month and I really hope I can continue my form into the Turkish Airlines Open”.
“I feel like a lot’s happened and a lot of time has gone by since that last win of mine back in May (Wells Fargo Championship)”.
“It is more of a marathon than a sprint for four rounds, so just keep picking off birdies, keep doing what I am doing”, said Lowry, who attributed his late lapses to a loss of concentration in three-putting the eighth, his penultimate hole, and a “sloppy” tee shot on the last. I felt like it was okay.
Former world number one Rory McIlroy believes he is close to full fitness as he seeks to end an injury-disrupted season in style by claiming a third Race to Dubai title.
“I feel like I’ve set myself up for a good three days to have a run at it this week”. “I’ve started to train the way I was before the injury again”, McIlroy told a pre-tournament news conference on Thursday. But yeah, I don’t get my eye in as much as I’d like to.
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Roping in the chefs to do the chopping, the two players stirred up storm and presented Turkish Golf Federation president Ahmet Agaoglu with their offerings.
