The formal news of McIlroy's signing an endorsement deal with TaylorMade was made public Tuesday, with McIlroy playing a full bag of TaylorMade equipment.
For Rory McIlroy, so much has happened since his last competitive outing - at the Masters, where his quest for that elusive leg of the career Grand Slam was confined to the wish-list for at least another year -it seems like an age ago, a different time altogether.
McIlroy said: "I could barely hit an 8-iron on the 14th 140 yards, and then on 15 I was pitching it 195 yards, so I had a 55-yard discrepancy between into the wind and a downwind shot with an 8-iron". "I wasn't really happy with the golf ball I was playing, and I needed to do something".
Day, the world number three, won last year's event by four strokes after opening with a course-record 63. I worked with the TaylorMade guys and saw stuff with the golf ball, that new TP5x, and I thought, wow, this is what I need, this is exactly the thing that I've been struggling with. I think he's got a five-point lead in the world rankings at the minute, which is huge, it really is.
And now it's back to work.
Another glamour group follows them to the tee 11 minutes later as world number five Jordan Spieth, number four Hideki Matsuyama of Japan and five-times major victor Phil Mickelson set off on the revamped Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. "We tried to keep it as private as possible, it was between our friends and families and we didn't really want anything else.so we spent three really nice days with the people that we cherished the most, and that was really special", said McIlroy, speaking ahead of The Players.
Day, who took away that mantle once from Rory McIlroy and twice from Jordan Spieth, is now No. 3.
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Now the world's best players are trying figure out how to get back to that magical place, even wondering if the desire to do it is as great as it used to be.
Johnson finished one shot back of victor Brian Harman, who drained a long birdie putt on the 72nd hold to claim the victory in Wilmington, N.C.
"I've always felt that driving is a big advantage for me if I can drive the ball well", McIlroy said.
Hard as it is to believe now, that was his last victory.
"I mean, we were spoiled in some ways watching Tiger just breeze along at No. 1 for 10 or 12 years", said Adam Scott, who took over the top spot from Woods in May, 2014, and kept it for 11 weeks.
"Over the over the course of the next few days, I tested different combinations, a lot of different stuff, and I came to the conclusion that that was the best way forward for me to try and improve, try and win more, try to get back to world No 1, try to win more majors". "I'm just like, 'whoa, this is too much.' ..."
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