PITTSFORD, N.Y. – In advance of this week’s PGA Championship, Rory McIlroy has been poring over game tape.
The defending champion revealed Wednesday that he’s been watching video of last year’s victory to help prep him for this year’s final major. He said he’s looking at both a combination of swing mechanics and body language.
“I think technical things, for sure; you look at the way you’re swinging the club,” he said. “But also, it’s more than that; it’s body language, it’s how you carry yourself, it’s all that sort of stuff, your little mannerisms. I guess it’s just trying to just remember those feelings and remember how I felt that week and trying to carry some of that into this week and just get those good, positive thoughts going.”
And what have those videos revealed?
“You have to care about where the ball is going, but swinging it like you’re giving it your all and ripping through the ball,” he continued. “Even walking between shots – and that’s something I started to do last week again. I think everyone sees when I walk and I’m playing well, I have that little bounce in my step, so just trying to get that going again and trying to get that positive energy back.”