McIlroy Tells Incredible Story About Visiting Tiger Woods
Rory McIlroy says that he has a new focus in the game of golf – The Majors.
During his Tuesday press conference at The Masters, McIlroy said that this new focus came after visiting Tiger Woods recently to check on his health.
“I went over to Tiger’s house a few weeks ago to see him and in his family room he’s got his trophy cabinet. It’s his 15 major trophies. I said, ‘That’s really cool. Where are all the [non-major trophies]?’ He said, ‘I don’t know.’ I go, ‘What?’ He said, ‘Yeah, my mom has some and a few are in the office and a few are wherever….,” said McIlroy.
He continued, “I was driving home and I was thinking, I mean; that’s all he cared about. All he cared about. So how easy must that have felt for him to win all the others? That was just always in my mind, he talked about [how] these are the four weeks that matter. So the weeks that didn’t matter, you know, he racked them up at a pretty fast clip.”
“I was just thinking to myself, how easy must that have felt for him if all he cared about were four weeks a year. The other stuff must have been like practice. That’s a cool perspective to have.”
McIlroy will look to win The Masters this week and complete the career grand slam.
He goes off at 10:42 a.m. on Thursday with Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele.
Woods Health Update
Along with telling an amazing story, McIlroy also gave an update on Tiger’s health.
Just under two months ago, Woods was involved in a serious car accident just outside of Los Angeles.
“It was good to see him. It was good to see him in decent spirits. When you hear of these things and you look at the car and you see the crash, you think he’s going to be in a hospital bed for six months. But he was actually doing better than that. A few of us that live down in south Florida went to see him. I’m sure he appreciates that. Everyone would love to see him back out here again. I think myself, JT, Rickie [Fowler], DJ, Brooks [Koepka], all those guys down there, we all have a responsibility to try to keep his spirits up and keep him going and try to get him back out here.
“I know he’d love to be here and I’m sure he’s going to put everything he has into trying to be ready to play here next year.”