As such the 30-year-old Northern Irishman’s win in the RBC Canada Open is the better barometre: when he’s hot, he tends to stay hot! “I feel like I play my best when I play in stretches of golf. You’re sort of just hanging on, playing into the right spots, and I felt like this [time] I was free. I trusted myself 100 per cent, and I hit the shots when I needed to.”McIlroy has been grouped with Marc Leishman and Jon Rahm for the opening two rounds in Pebble Beach. Shane Lowry is grouped with Tyrell Hatton and Gary Woodland, while Graeme McDowell will have Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson for company.

Source: The Irish Times June 10, 2019 18:00 UTC