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| Rory McIlroy wins the Deutsche Bank Championship |
What a difference a week can make. Rory McIlroy knew he was struggling with his putting, so he hired Phil Kenyon, who works with Henrik Stenson among others, as his putting coach.
When Nike announced it would stop making golf clubs and balls, McIlroy picked up a Scotty Cameron putter and put it in his bag.
The changes didn’t look to working at Bethpage Black at last weekend’s Barclays, with McIlroy missing numerous short putts.
At The Deutsche Bank though and entering the final round six shots behind Paul Casey, McIlroy shot 6-under 65 early in the action at TPC Boston. Turns out, it held up.
McIlroy won the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday by two shots over Casey, taking his first PGA Tour title of the season at 15-under 269.
Said McIlroy, “I found something in my putting. Obviously my putting’s been the Achilles heel of my game this year. I tweaked a tiny little tweak on Saturday morning on the putting green, and I saw some putts go in and got some confidence from that.
Just went with the momentum, and just really proud of myself that I was able to keep that momentum going, keep the same thoughts and not get negative if I did hit a bad putt, just really kept staying positive the whole way throughout the weekend.”
McIlroy took home a $1,530,000 check from an $8.5 million purse.
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