Rory McIlroy Takes a Lesson From Butch Harmon Leading Up to the Masters

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Before trying yet again to complete the career Grand Slam, the Ulsterman made a stop in Las Vegas.

As Rory McIlroy left home last week, his young daughter Poppy was baffled by the idea of Dad going to get a golf lesson. Doesn’t he know how to play golf already?McIlroy told thepodcast that he went to Las Vegas last week for a visit with legendary teacher Butch Harmon, just to tighten things up with the Masters coming up next week–the one major standing between the Ulsterman and the career Grand Slam.

McIlroy said at the start of the year that he would play more than usual in order to be sharp for Augusta National, and last month played in three of the four events on the PGA Tour’s Florida Swing. But he shot a final-round 76 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to finish T21 and followed that with a T19 at the Players Championship, fighting his swing along the way.

“He said a couple of things to me that resonated. It's the same stuff that I've been trying to do with my coach Michael , but he sort of just said it in a different way that maybe hit home with me a little bit more.” This week will be his first of four straight on Tour, with the final two being the signature event RBC Heritage and the Zurich Classic of New Orleans two-man team tournament, where he’ll play with fellow Irishman Shane Lowry.

 

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