BMW CHAMPIONSHIP

August 20, 2023

Rory McIlroy

Olympia Fields Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Rory, good playing this week. What was it like playing with a guy shooting 61 on what is not an easy golf course?

RORY McILROY: I felt like I played very average out there next to Viktor. He played amazing. Yeah, he played incredible.

I was marking his card in there and I'm like, oh, you only made one 4 on the back nine, the rest 3s, so it adds up to a nice little 28 for him. It was great to see. He played great.

I sort of realized around like 14, 15 something pretty special was happening, and he played a great round of golf.

Q. What about your own game? What do you take from this week?

RORY McILROY: Played good tee to green. Missed a lot of chances. Sort of similar story to last week in Memphis.

Yeah, we'll see. I'm going to go home for a couple of nights and come back up to Atlanta Tuesday, work on my game a little bit for a day and a half, and go try to win another FedExCup.

Q. Do you know what putter you're going to use next week yet?

RORY McILROY: No. I might dabble with the Spider again on Tuesday and Wednesday at the TOUR Championship. I felt like I hit good putts. Again, I holed some really good putts and I missed some short ones, and sort of hard here with the short ones and how much break they had and with the grain sort of -- I always felt like I was aiming too high and then I'd miss them low because I just couldn't commit to aiming it so far outside the hole. Getting back on greens that I know pretty well and pretty confident on next week, I'm looking forward to that.

Q. How much confidence are you bringing into next week?

RORY McILROY: Yeah, I'm playing great tee to green, the best I've played in a long time. Going to have to drive the ball probably a little straighter, but I felt like I found something on the back nine there today to go into next week, but overall I'm in a really good position going into next week, so excited for it.

Q. Just a couple of comments on Viktor who you played with today.

RORY McILROY: Amazing, yeah. Looks like he's going to win after Scottie's bogey there. Yeah, absolutely amazing golf, amazing playing.

Look, he's had some great wins already this year. Had a great chance at the PGA Championship. Didn't quite get it done, but yeah, he's a world-class player and looking forward to him being on my team for the Ryder Cup in a few weeks' time.

Q. Anything in particular impress you most?

RORY McILROY: He just keeps his foot on the pedal. Just isn't scared. Just keeps going forward, keeps going at it.

The things that people don't realize, you get into that position, the second shot on 17, to pitch it where he pitched it right by the pin, you look at where Scottie hit his, lands it five, seven yards short of the pin, it spins back and he's got a tricky -- Viktor just keeps his foot on the gas.