Rory McIlroy fired a second round three-under par 67 at the Truist Championship on Friday, and is sitting nicely at seven-under-par for the tournament heading into the weekend.
He spoke to reporters after his round about how freed up he feels now, without the added responsibility of being on the PGA Tour Policy Board.
McIlroy has been in scintillating form this season, having won The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The Players Championship and The Masters.
Now the 35-year-old will be looking to make it win number four at the Truist Championship.
McIlroy lamented a couple of errors he made on day one of the Truist Championship, and he was far from perfect on day two either.
However, the Northern Irishman is well in this tournament with two rounds left to play.
Rory McIlroy makes statement about Tour Championship changes
It has been rumoured that there will be multiple changes made to the Tour Championship format this year.
However, nobody knows exactly what those changes will be just yet.
McIlroy would have been well in the loop regarding those discussions before he resigned from his position on The PGA Tour Policy Board.
However, he’s very much in the dark now.
McIlroy told reporters, “I’m certainly not involved too much in the politics of everything, and even just not being involved with, you know, even the being on the board of this tour and even just talking about, like, you know, changes to the tour championship and all that.
“I have no idea what’s going on, and, I think at this point, I don’t care.
“You know, I just, I want to play golf, and the reason I got into this game was to shoot scores and try to play the best golf possible and not really be concerned about how the tours run or the business of the tour and, you know, it was good to do it.“
What McIlroy said about Jordan Spieth’s Grand Slam hopes
Spieth has the chance to emulate McIlroy by completing the Grand Slam next week at The PGA Championship.
However, the 31-year-old American hasn’t been in very good form whatsoever.
But does McIlroy fancy Spieth’s chances.
Before the Truist Championship this week, the Northern Irishman said, “It’s hard, I think, for Jordan having to do — you have to go back to the same tournament every year for Jordan, but not the same golf course. I think it’s a little bit of a different — it’s a bit of a different proposition for him rather than me having to go back to the same venue every year and trying to, I guess, do that as well.
“As much as you try to get yourself in the right frame of mind to just try to win the golf tournament and then let everything else happen, it’s in there. Consciously or subconsciously, you feel that.
“I said this to people, the worst I felt on Sunday at Augusta was probably when I held the birdie putt on 10 to go 4 ahead because I’m like, oh, I really can’t mess this up now. There’s that pressure.
“You know that you’re not just trying to win another tournament, you’re trying to become part of history, and that has a certain weight to it. I’ve certainly felt that at Augusta over the years. I’m sure Jordan has felt that a bit going into each PGA that he’s had a chance to do the same thing.”
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