St Jude Championship – spherical 4 leaderboard
-17 S Scheffler (US); -9 Kim (Kor); -8 A Noren (Swe), S Burns (US); -7 W Clark (US), Im (Kor)
Chosen others: -6 L Aberg (Swe), T Fleetwood (Eng); -5 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -4 V Hovland (Nor), J Spieth (US); -3 H Corridor (Eng); E J Rose; +3 S Lowry; +8 R McIlroy (NI)
Rory McIlroy says “he felt misplaced” as he toiled to a 66th-place end – 25 strokes behind champion Scottie Scheffler – on the St Jude Championship.
Whereas world primary Scheffler was a lower above the remainder at 17 below general as he claimed his first victory since January, extra regarding for McIlory was that his eight-over whole left him forward of simply two gamers within the first of the three FedEx Cup play-off occasions.
The Northern Irishman, who received his second Masters title earlier this season had not performed competitively because the Open Championship in July.
And it instructed at TPC Southwind, the place he didn’t report a single spherical below par throughout the 4 days and struggled to seek out the form of rhythm that will likely be wanted if he’s to assert an unprecedented fourth FedEx Cup later this month.
“I am so far-off from the place I must be to even really feel like I’ve an opportunity. I’ve simply bought to maintain working and hope it turns round a bit bit,” mentioned McIlroy, who’s thirteenth within the season-long standings.
“Clearly did not are available right here with a ton of reps, (it) nearly felt just like the extra the week went on the extra I felt misplaced with my golf swing a bit bit.
“I assume [it was] good to shake the rust off a bit bit however I will should work fairly onerous between now and subsequent Thursday to really feel like I’ve any form of golf recreation to compete subsequent week.
“To me it is extra concerning the execution of what I am doing proper now, and the execution wasn’t there this week.”
McIlroy’s struggles had been apparent significantly in from tee to inexperienced the place he ranked 62nd out of 68 gamers for strokes gained.
Nevertheless, he would at the very least have been in a position to take some consolation from a seven-hole stretch on the again 9 the place he knocked in 4 birdies, albeit he completed with successive bogeys to bookend a spherical which started with a six on the par-four opening gap.
