{"id":10574,"date":"2023-06-17T13:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T13:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/us-open-2023-rory-mcilroy-using-hoylake-success-as-inspiration-in-quest-for-fifth-major\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T13:29:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T13:29:04","slug":"us-open-2023-rory-mcilroy-using-hoylake-success-as-inspiration-in-quest-for-fifth-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/us-open-2023-rory-mcilroy-using-hoylake-success-as-inspiration-in-quest-for-fifth-major\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open 2023: Rory McIlroy using Hoylake success as inspiration in quest for fifth major"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Rory McIlroy is using his Open blueprint in Los Angeles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n\n
-10 <\/strong>R Fowler (US);<\/span> -9<\/strong> W Clark (US); <\/span>-8<\/strong> R McIlroy (NI), X Schauffele (US); <\/span>-7<\/strong> H English (US); <\/span>-6<\/strong> MW Lee (Aus), D Johnson (US);<\/span> -5<\/strong> S Scheffler (US), S Bennett (US); <\/span>-4<\/strong> C Smith (Aus)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selected: -1<\/strong> V Hovland (Nor), B DeChambeau (US); <\/span>Level <\/strong>B Koepka (US), C Morikawa (US); <\/span>+1<\/strong> M Fitzpatrick (Eng), S Garcia (Spa); <\/span>+2<\/strong> J Rahm (Spa), T Fleetwood (Eng)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rory McIlroy is using his 2014 Open Championship win as inspiration as he looks to end his nine-year major drought at the US Open this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Northern Irishman is just two shots off Rickie Fowler’s lead in Los Angeles after using his performance at Hoylake as a blueprint to “play smart”.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

McIlroy has won just about everything in the game since 2014 but has been unable to add to his four majors.<\/span><\/p>\n

“No one wants me to win another major more than I do,” said McIlroy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 34-year-old followed a first-round 65 with a 67 on Friday at Los Angeles Country Club to sit in a tie for third on eight under, alongside Xander Schauffele.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blessed with huge length off the tee, McIlroy has placed more of an emphasis on accuracy rather than distance so far – something he picked up from watching his 2014 victory at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I went on to YouTube a few weeks ago and I actually couldn’t believe how many irons and three-woods I was hitting off the tee,” said McIlroy.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It set something off in my mind about, you know how to do this. You know how to play smart. You don’t have to hit driver all the time. I keep saying I’ve got more weapons in my arsenal I feel now than I did back then, so I may as well use them.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy won the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Weekend will be usual US Open grind<\/h3>\n

With Fowler and Xander Schauffele shooting record scores,<\/span><\/a> three holes-in-one and some low scoring generally not seen at the US Open, Los Angeles Country Club has been labelled as too easy by some critics.<\/span><\/p>\n

McIlroy, though, expects conditions to become a lot tougher over the weekend and more like the usual US Open test of both skill and mentality. <\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s got the potential to get a little firmer and faster over the next couple days, which will make the scores go up a little bit,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“And yes, the course has played maybe a little easier than everyone thought it would, but I wouldn’t be surprised on Saturday\/Sunday to see it bite back, which I feel is what a US Open is all about.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It should be tough. It should be just as much of a mental grind out there as a physical one.”<\/span><\/p>\n

‘No one wants me to win a major more than me’<\/h3>\n

McIlroy was the dominant star in golf when he won both The Open and US PGA Championship in 2014 to double his major haul.<\/span><\/p>\n

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McIlroy has 36 professional wins, 23 of them on the PGA Tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Few could have imagined he would still be waiting, almost a decade later, for major number five, but even though he’s had some near misses the desire to win remains there.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I started thinking about winning this thing when I came here on Monday. I’ve already done that,” added the 2011 US Open victor. <\/span><\/p>\n

“No one wants me to win another major more than I do. The desire is obviously there.”<\/span><\/p>\n

McIlroy’s last near miss came at St Andrews’ Old Course in the 2022 Open Championship when he was beaten by a charging Cameron Smith – but he vowed to always keep coming back for more.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’ve been trying and I’ve come close over the past nine years,” he said. “I feel like I’ve showed a lot of resilience in my career, a lot of ups and downs, and I keep coming back.<\/span><\/p>\n

“And whether that means that I get rewarded or I get punched in the gut or whatever it is, I’ll always keep coming back.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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