As a result of the problems Rory McIlroy is currently experiencing at the Players Championship, he is clearly in need of a new driver set-up. In addition, the Northern Irishman expressed his concern regarding the situation, and he would like to be able to use the driver from last year, but that will not be an option at the moment.
“I went to that new driver in Riviera, and it’s just not…Look, I wish I could use my driver from last year, but I can’t just because of – you use a driver for so long, and it starts to get a little too – basically it just wouldn’t pass the test,” McIlroy said after the first round, as quoted by golfmonthly.com Rory McIlroy has a tough choice.
Rory wishes he had what he had last year, but… “These driver heads are so finicky, it’s hard to get one exactly the same. I mean, I’m obviously trying my best, trying to get something that’s as close to what I had last year.
Yeah, just struggled a little bit off the tee the last couple weeks.”
Rory McIlroy and his swinging
Rory not swinging the big dog like he used to is also a big problem. McIlroy has to raise his level of performance if he really wants to achieve what he envisioned.
“This one is as close as it’s been. There’s obviously a part of it that’s the user, as well. It’s quite a lot of user error in there, as well. They were testing drivers at Riviera, but I just didn’t even want to take the chance.
I just was not comfortable knowing that it could feel – doesn’t look good on me, doesn’t look good on TaylorMade”. Playing in the group against Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler is certainly a big challenge. “It’s another grouping. I’ve been a part of these one, two, threes for the last 10 years. I’m used to it.”
Source: tennisworldusa
