Rory Mcilroy’s memories of Augusta Masters must be transformed positively while chasing the Grand Slam
Mcilroy is desperate to wear the famous green jacket, but can you want too much?
“This is an excellent point,” Smith said.
“All this is said that without I ever talked to Rory, I have not been able to comment on how accurate my opinions on the situation.
“But looking at it from the outside of the bowl of the red fish which is the golf tournament, you look at it and you say, ok, right, maybe it’s everything, it could be that it really wants it too much.”
Mcilroy worked with the sports psychologist Bob Rotella in the accumulation of his 17th attempt to win the Masters. “I think it will have very well prepared it now,” said McGinley.
“Now they have had two or three points, and I think they will find themselves with a plan in terms of pressure and tenth and putting it aside.”
Smith believes that the response lies in reaffirming the good memories, such as Mcilroy’s imperious opening drive in his three-hole play-off victory over JJ Spaun to players three weeks ago. The champion admitted that he was very nervous before that shot shot.
Nicklaus, winner of a record of 18 major, insisted on the fact that he never lost a short putt in the largest sports championships, which was not true but a precious technique to reaffirm trust. Woods celebrated beautiful shots with a brand move with his club.
“Tiger with his club rotation,” Smith said, who is an associated member of the British Psychological Society. “It is a hard copy of the good stuff in the long -term memory so that it can be drawn.
“I know I can do it. I know I won.”
And while the notion of accumulated mental scar tissue is potentially ruinous, Smith believes that McIiroy is in early age to face this issue.
“His emotional intelligence is growing immensely,” he said. “He is not the man who was when he was 29 or 30 years old.”
And in 2025, Mcilroy – without still playing at best – seems insured. Using a different ball this year his technique, especially in his approach game, seems better nuanced and effective.
So this could be the year for the man with 28 PGA Tour victories, but no great victory in his last 38 attempts. The best golf of one of the main contenders is playing, but this week he brings a mental load much bigger than any of his rivals.
It is the part between the ears.
“You have to own it because, if you don’t do it, it will simply make you a tick,” Smith said. “So you have to almost burst that cyst, accompany, clean it up, face it.”
