Rory McIlroy is happy with his career to this point, and feels no pressure to add to his four majors.
The 29-year-old hasn’t won a major since 2014, but isn’t letting it get to him.
McIlroy said:
Nothing is going to change in my life whether I win a major or not,
I’d be disappointed if I didn’t but I don’t panic. It doesn’t keep me up at night.
Having achieved so much at such a young point in his career, one might forgive the Northern Irishman for his particularly laid-back attitude.
A Masters win away from becoming just the sixth ever golfer to complete the career Grand Slam, the Holywood-native won’t get too many chances better than the one he had in Augusta this year.
Going off in the final pairing, McIlroy was unable to mount a serious challenge to eventual winner Patrick Reed, ultimately finishing in a tie for fifth place.
The three-time Ryder Cup winner was happy enough with his performance in Georgia however, saying:
I was proud of myself just to get into the final group at the Masters. I didn’t have a good Sunday,
Looking to the future, the 26th highest paid athlete in the world (according to Forbes) wasn’t going to let past performances sully his preparations:
The US Open was the US Open. I’ve got two more chances to win this year to hopefully play myself into contention.
My goal this year, it wasn’t to win majors. It was just to give myself a chance and to put myself into positions to see how I fare.
I did that at Augusta. I felt like I learned a bit from it and then hopefully going into Carnoustie and [the US PGA at] Bellerive, I can put myself in similar positions
