A cleansing of the memory bank can sometimes do no harm at all. In Rory McIlroy’s case, the deep clean came on two fronts: one, to erase any flashbacks to his opening 79 in the first round of The Players at TPC Sawgrass a year ago when he missed the cut; then, of a more recent nature, to forget his nosedive down, from leader to also-ran, in last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational.
On count one, what’s his take? “I don’t want to tempt fate but there would have to be a drastic change in my game from now until Thursday for me to go …
- March 9, 2022
