Rory McIlroy’s disappointing performance at the Masters left him needing to take a break from the game for his ‘mental and emotional wellbeing’
World No 3 says: ‘It’s been a pretty taxing 12 months’Rory McIlroy’s disappointing performance at the Masters left the Northern Irishman needing to take a break from the game for his “mental and emotional wellbeing”, but the world No 3 has said he is ready to the return to the Tour with renewed focus for the year’s remaining majors.
McIlroy was looking to become the sixth player to complete a career grand slam at Augusta, but missed the cut by two shots. He then withdrew from the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, a decision which cost him $3m and drew plenty of criticism from his fellow professionals.he needed the time away from golf. “Obviously, after the disappointment of Augusta, and it’s been a pretty taxing 12 months mentally, so it was nice to just try to disconnect and get away from it,” he said.
. “We certainly have our minimums, we signed up for this designated-event series this year,” McIlroy said. “I knew the consequences that could come with missing one of those. It was an easy decision, but I felt like, if that fine or whatever is to happen, [it] was worth that for me in order to get some things in place. I had my reasons not to play Hilton Head.
McIlroy revealed he had allowed himself to think about his prospects of becoming just the sixth player to have won all four major titles after shooting five under par on the back nine of his Wednesday practice round at Augusta. “Me thinking that way isn’t a good thing,” the four-time major winner said. “All I should be thinking about is that first shot on Thursday.
“It’s not the performance I thought I was going to put up. Nor was it the performance I wanted. Just incredibly disappointing. But I needed some time to regroup and focus on what’s ahead. It’s been a big 12 months and I don’t know if I fully reflected on stuff. I never really got a chance to really think about the Open and St Andrews [where he was joint leader after 54 holes but
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