Rory McIlroy is well in the mix going into the weekend at the BMW PGA Championship as he looks to win at Wentworth for the first time since 2014.
McIlroy carded another fine round of four-under par to go into the weekend at nine-under and just four off the surprise leader, Matthew Baldwin.
Baldwin leads the field by two with Niklas Norgaard his closest competitor at -11.
However, McIlroy is among a number of big names that include the likes of Billy Horschel and Robert MacIntyre who are still well in contention.
Of course, McIlroy won this event back in 2014 – the year of his last major win – and it’s been quite the decade since.
As McIlroy still looks for that elusive fifth major and, of course, The Masters title, some have suggested the Northern Irishman might have under-achieved a touch.
However, that’s not how McIlroy sees it.
Rory McIlroy shares if his last ten years has been a success
Speaking to the press after his second round at the BMW, McIlroy was quizzed on his famous win at the tournament back in 2014.
But rather than dwell on that, McIlroy noted that he believes he’s achieved nearly everything he can in golf since that win.
“Going into that Sunday, I think I was seven behind. So I had no real ambition of winning the golf tournament. I didn’t think it was going to be a possibility,” McIlroy said.
“But I remember Thomas Björn and Luke Donald both got off to pretty slow starts, and I had gotten off to a good one and all of the sudden found myself with a chance to win the tournament and actually played a really good back nine to get the job done.
“Yeah, it’s ten years ago but the memories are still pretty vivid. It’s been a great ten years. I feel like I’ve achieved most things I’ve wanted to do in the game in those ten years. Been part of unbelievable Ryder Cup teams and had some great individual success.
“I’m certainly not done yet and want to keep going.”
One glaring omission from McIlroy’s statement
Look, Rory McIlroy could retire now and go down as one of the best and most successful golfers of all time.
However, there is one big caveat to his career and that’s the lack of a green jacket from winning at Augusta.
It comes up every single year and Ian Poulter was even quizzed on McIlroy’s chances of winning a major again just this week.
McIlroy has indeed enjoyed a stellar decade but if he retires without that Masters win, he will very much feel like he’s missed out on something he was more than capable of pulling off.
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