TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

August 28, 2022

Rory McIlroy

East Lake Golf Club

Round 3 Quick Quotes

Q. Rory, was it kind of mission accomplished this morning and going out birdie-birdie to finish your third round?

RORY McILROY: Yeah, absolutely. It's a perfect way to end the round. I think hitting the two good shots into 17 and converting that, and then the two good swings on 18, yeah, it's the perfect way to start the day, and hopefully I can continue that into this afternoon.

Q. I know you're not going to know how far back you are right now, but what's your mentality going into the final round? You have obviously won a couple FedExCups here and play this golf course well.

RORY McILROY: Yeah, I think experience and memories are on my side, I guess, from '16 and '19. Yeah, I'm probably going to start a few shots back than where I would like to. I'd like to be a couple closer to the lead. But Scottie has got that advantage because of how well he's played all year.

I mean, I can't go out and do anything too differently really. The golf course is the golf course. I play it the way I play it. It's just a matter of if I can execute my game plan as well as possible and give myself a ton of birdie looks, and it's still going to be receptive out there and it's going to be very gettable.

You saw how many low scores there was there in the third round, and I think you're going to see a continuation of that into this afternoon.

Q. Do you think you may have to be more aggressive this afternoon?

RORY McILROY: This golf course, again, it is what it is. I don't think you can be overly aggressive because you can put yourself in some bad spots, especially with the Bermuda rough and how unpredictable that is. You still have to play a controlled round of golf and be disciplined, but there's still a way to marry being disciplined with shooting a low score, and that's what I did over the last couple days.