Rory McIlroy’s back injury hampered his title defence at TPC Sawgrass as he finished T46 at the Players Championship, with the Northern Irishman now weighing up whether to play another event before his Masters title defence
Rory McIlroy is considering adding another tournament to his schedule before defending his Masters title next month, following a lacklustre performance at the Players Championship.
The Northern Irishman, who was defending champion at TPC Sawgrass, saw his preparations disrupted by a back injury and could only manage a disappointing tie for 46th place.
McIlroy intends to assess his physical condition over the coming days before deciding whether to compete again ahead of Augusta, where he secured the career grand slam last year.
“I’ll see how my body feels,” the world number two said.
“We’ll see how I feel in practice and at home and if I get itchy feet at home maybe add an event at some point.
“I feel like it was important to make the weekend here and play an extra couple of days. I’m happy I got through four days and my body feels good.
“I feel like my game sort of progressively got a little bit better as the week went on, even though the scores probably didn’t reflect it over the weekend.
“But yeah, really just see how the next week goes, see how once I get back to actually a full practice schedule and in the gym and stuff like that, see how my body reacts to that, and then I’ll see.”
American Cameron Young clinched his second PGA Tour title with a stunning one-shot victory from England’s Matt Fitzpatrick.
A brilliant birdie at the famous par-three 17th proved vital for Young and a brilliant tee shot on the 18th coupled with Fitzpatrick finding the pine straw before finishing with a bogey five gave Young the biggest win of his carrer to date.
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