McIlroy to slash his support team with an eye on Masters
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Rory McIlroy said that he will take a new approach to winning the Masters for the first time by slashing his Augusta support team which has ballooned to almost 20 people in recent years.
The four-time major champion needs to win the Green Jacket at Augusta National to complete a career grand slam, having already won the British Open, US Open and the PGA Championship. The Masters starts from April 5-8.
Speaking on the eve of the US$3 million Dubai Desert Classic, the 28-year-old Northern Irishman said, 鈥淥ne of the things I am planning to do is have less of an entourage around me at Augusta and treat it as any other tournament.
鈥淚n previous years, I鈥檝e had seven people staying at my house and rented another house for 10 others. It becomes a production. Some people won鈥檛 be happy with me, but hey, I don鈥檛 mind if I win the Masters.鈥
McIlroy said he will not get distracted by his attempts to break his Masters duck.
鈥淚 think I鈥檝e got seven events from now until the Masters, so I鈥檓 sort of taking it week-by-week at this point. Once April starts, or the first time I go up there and play a couple of practice rounds, I鈥檒l start to think about Augusta,鈥 he added.
鈥淩ight now it鈥檚 just about getting myself in a nice bit of form and playing tournaments and playing well. Come March time, I鈥檒l turn my attention to it and start to focus on maybe shots that I need or different clubs I might need in my bag or whatever it is.
鈥淩ight now my focus is on the Dubai Desert Classic and trying to win here for the third time.鈥
McIlroy said his expectations were higher in Dubai after playing well down the road in Abu Dhabi where he finished tied for third on his comeback last week.
鈥淥bviously, really happy with how everything went last week. If anything, I could have driven it a little straighter on the last day and given myself some more shots from the fairways to attack some pins, but really happy with how everything went and looking forward to getting back out there this week,鈥 said McIlroy, who shot 18-under par last week.
鈥淚 have a lot of good memories here at the Majlis course. My first win, and I have been playing here since 2007 as an amateur.
鈥淎bu Dhabi was above expectations for me to be honest.
鈥淚 thought if I could have shot four rounds under par and just saw some good, positive signs in my game, I would have went away happy. I guess that has changed the way I view this week a little bit. I know that my game is in good enough shape to contend and try to win.鈥
World No. 9 Sergio Garcia is the defending champion and he is coming off a win last week at the Singapore Open.
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