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Rory McIlroy failing at majors because of two big issues, says his former Ryder Cup captain

It’s been nearly a decade since Rory McIlroy last won a major and his former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has pinpointed where it’s going wrong for the Northern Irishman

Paul McGinley has shared his thoughts on why Rory McIlroy’s major drought is a decade-long
Paul McGinley has shared his thoughts on why Rory McIlroy’s major drought is a decade-long

Rory McIlroy’s former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has suggested the four-time major winner’s long wait for a fifth is down to the field being stronger, as well as psychological problems.

The 35-year-old last won a major in 2014 at PGA Championship. A near-decade has passed and McIlroy has returned to Valhalla – the site of his last triumph – in search of winning a third PGA Championship. Yet his form at this year’s Masters, as well as being tied 25th in Kentucky before the start of Sunday’s final round, means his wait will likely go on.

McGinley believes he has identified two main reasons for McIlroy’s major drought. “There are two issues as to why he is not the player he was back then when it comes to major championships,” McGinley said on the Golf Channel. “The fields are stronger now.

 

“Back then, he was a young guy forging his way, and his elbows were at their pointiest. It was really a case of, ‘I am on a march to be the top player in the game, so get out of my way.’ He had a clear vision. As you get there and climb the mountain, can you stay there?

“He has done that in PGA Tour events where his win ratio of 10 per cent is fantastic compared to anyone else. Even Scottie Scheffler has only a win ratio of 8 per cent.”

McGinley, 57, continued: “But there is no doubt that there is a psychological build-up from not getting over the line in major championships since he hasn’t circumnavigated yet.

“I say yet because if he gets it once, I feel – maybe not – that there are certainly another three or four majors in Rory McIlroy. It is all about getting the first one. You would have to think that a golf course like this, that he has won on before, is the kind of thing that could ignite him.”

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Paul McGinley says the field is a lot stronger than it was when McIlroy burst onto the scene