Rory McIlroy will try to snap his streak of win-less tournament entries this week in Florida, at the Honda Classic at Palm Beach.
The Northern Irishman hasn’t won a tournament since 2016, and he’s hoping the site of one of his 13 PGA Tour wins will prove to be the surroundings he needs to come out on top again.
The 28-year-old won the Honda Classic in 2012, and has been frustrated at Palm Beach since then. Walking off the course in 2013 was followed by a defeat in a playoff a year later, then he missed the cut in 2015 and 2016.
McIlroy knows all about how difficult the course can be:
Feast or famine – that’s what my history’s been here. It’s a tough golf course and it magnifies if your game’s off just a touch,
If you miss it by tiny margins here it can punish you quite heavily. But if you’re on it gives you opportunities to score.
On the path to the first major of the year in April (The Masters – the only major McIlroy has never won), the Holywood-native has placed second, a tie for third, twentieth, and missed a cut this year. Despite his play being a mixed bag, McIlroy isn’t letting it get to him:
To get a win under your belt going into it (The Masters) does make you feel a bit better but you don’t have to. I feel like that’s putting yourself under an awful lot of pressure.
I’m close. I think positive thoughts and I’m very happy with where my game’s at. I feel like I’m just waiting for everything to sort of fit together.
