ABU DHABI HSBC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

November 9, 2024

Rory McIlroy

Yas Links

Quick Quotes

Q. Third day in a row, a late mistake has cost you a good round. Do you feel like screaming?

RORY McILROY: A little bit, yeah. Playing the last two holes in two days over two days in a row is not ideal. Cost myself obviously a few shots there. You know, wind got up a little bit this afternoon.

So the leaders weren't getting away, which was nice and I was making a little bit of a charge. And yeah, just one mistake, that drive on 18, and with it playing so much into the wind. With the third shot, the layup was very difficult to try to take on the water. I had to lay up down the right and I still had 222 yards for my fourth.

Yeah untimely mistake just like yesterday on 17 and dug myself a little bit of a hole to get out of, but depending on what the leaders do, I can still go into tomorrow feeling like I have half a chance.

Q. You started the day nine behind. As we speak you're five behind the leader because he hasn't made strides forward. Do you feel like there's a good round out there for you tomorrow?

RORY McILROY: Absolutely. I bogeyed the first today and doubled the last but in between, there was some really good golf, same as yesterday. I just need to put it all together and play the way I've been playing and keep the big mistakes and big numbers off my card and if I can do that and post a score, you never know.