St Jude Championship – spherical 4 leaderboard
-17 S Scheffler (US); -9 Kim (Kor); -8 A Noren (Swe), S Burns (US); -7 W Clark (US), Im (Kor)
Chosen others: -6 L Aberg (Swe), T Fleetwood (Eng); -5 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -4 V Hovland (Nor), J Spieth (US); -3 H Corridor (Eng); E J Rose; +3 S Lowry; +8 R McIlroy (NI)
Rory McIlroy says “he felt misplaced” as he toiled to a 66th-place end – 25 strokes behind champion Scottie Scheffler – on the St Jude Championship.
Whereas world primary Scheffler was a minimize above the remainder at 17 beneath total as he claimed his first victory since January, extra regarding for McIlory was that his eight-over complete left him forward of simply two gamers within the first of the three FedEx Cup play-off occasions.
The Northern Irishman, who received his second Masters title earlier this season had not performed competitively because the Open Championship in July.
And it advised at TPC Southwind, the place he didn’t file a single spherical beneath par throughout the 4 days and struggled to search out the kind of rhythm that will probably be wanted if he’s to say an unprecedented fourth FedEx Cup later this month.
“I am so far-off from the place I should be to even really feel like I’ve an opportunity. I’ve simply bought to maintain working and hope it turns round just a little bit,” stated McIlroy, who’s thirteenth within the season-long standings.
“Clearly did not are available right here with a ton of reps, (it) nearly felt just like the extra the week went on the extra I felt misplaced with my golf swing just a little bit.
“I suppose [it was] good to shake the rust off just a little bit however I’ll need to work fairly exhausting between now and subsequent Thursday to really feel like I’ve any kind of golf sport to compete subsequent week.
“To me it is extra concerning the execution of what I am doing proper now, and the execution wasn’t there this week.”
McIlroy’s struggles have been apparent significantly in from tee to inexperienced the place he ranked 62nd out of 68 gamers for strokes gained.
Nonetheless, he would a minimum of have been capable of take some consolation from a seven-hole stretch on the again 9 the place he knocked in 4 birdies, albeit he completed with successive bogeys to bookend a spherical which started with a six on the par-four opening gap.
