Golf Asia – July 2019

From tee to green, discover the techniques and approach

that Rory McIlroy hopes will take him to a major in his

home country... and what you can learn from them

RORY’S

BEST TIPS

his July, Northern Ireland will welcome
back a prodigious son as Ulsterman and
World No.4 Rory McIlroy heads to Royal
Portrush in search of a second Open
Championship victory.
Young, super-talented and athletic, Rory may seem
to possess a game on another planet from yours and
ours. And yet there is so much about his approach
to golf that we can learn from and copy. For starters
he’s kept with the same coach, Michael Bannon,
throughout his career; to have someone to call on who
knows your game inside out is a massive advantage,
and a straightforward choice any one of us can make.
Then there is his belief in and devotion to the
game’s fundamentals, the same set-up building
blocks that need no talent or athleticism to perfect. His
clear preference for playing reactively with instinct – as
opposed to a stifling search for technical perfection

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PICTURES TAYLORMADE, BOB ATKINS, GETTY IMAGES

ADRIAN

RIETVELD

TaylorMade’s Tour Manager

(Europe) works closely with

Rory to make sure he’s

playing the best 14 clubs

and ball for his game

OLIVER

MORTON

Top 50 coach based at

Archerfield Performance

Centre, East Lothian.

3D biomechanics

and junior development

specialist.

• is another lesson we can all learn from and adopt.
  Then there is his equipment. Customising his gear
  to shave every possible shot off a round of golf has
  helped Rory become the phenomenal golfer we all
  love to watch... and, once more, it’s something any
  golfer can do.
  Make no mistake, we all have plenty we can take
  from Rory’s game... and over the next 10 pages,
  coach Oliver Morton and TaylorMade’s Tour Manager
  (Europe) Adrian Rietveld dissect his technique and
  equipment through the bag to show you how you can
  benefit from his approach.
  Afterwards, Rory shares his thoughts on returning
  to Portrush, a course on which he shot 61 as a
  16-year-old. It’s quite a story... and after hearing
  how positive and confident he is as the 148th Open
  approaches, who would bet against him creating
  another this summer?