Northern Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy feels it is time to make a change to his over all game strategy.
The 20-year-old has enjoyed a period of rest at home in Northern Ireland following a disappointing week at the WGC Accenture Match Play.
"The Accenture is always a bit of a funny week especially on the course at Dove Mountain where the greens are hard, fast and very undulating and I found it hard to get the ball close."
"I felt I was hitting good shots and they were going to 25 and 30 feet every time and it's very hard to make birdies from that distance. I really felt that my good shots weren't getting rewarded."
"I played ok and was pleased to come back from four down in my match against Kevin Na and I had my chances against Olly Wilson but didn't really take them. Match play can be very fickle, especially over eighteen holes and I think that over thirty six holes I would have won both those matches fairly easily."
It wasn't all bad news for the world number 8, who could see the positive side of his exit in Arizona.
"The one good thing that did come out of my early departure was that I managed to get home to watch Ulster playing the Newport Gwent Dragons"
McIlroy has been working hard on the mental side of the game and will be doing some work with Padraig Harrington's sports psychologist Bob Rotella.
"I'm going to play nine holes on the Monday of the Honda Classic and Bob is going to be walking round with me, have a bit of a chat and see how things go from there."
"It's not that I think anything is wrong with me or my game - I just think that he can help me in some way and it's definitely not going to hurt in any way. I feel as if my putting can get better and I think he can point me in the right direction with pre-shot routine and how to think leading up to hitting the putt and stuff like that."
"I've read all of his books over the years and find what he says really interesting and appealing. I think this could make a couple of shots difference in tournaments and hopefully turn my top threes and top fives into wins then it will be a very worthwhile exercise."
"This is about getting experience and thinking about things at the right time - not hitting it longer or anything like that."
Speaking on his website about his next event, the Honda Classic starting on 4 March, the Ulsterman has a positive outlook already.
"I'm really looking forward to the Honda Classic - I played well there last year when I finished 13th. I love the area of West Palm Beach and the golf course - so two weeks in Florida will be lovely."
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