Rory McIlroy responded to criticism from Butch Harmon with a rebuke of Harmon’s comments and a 69 in the first round of the British Open. âItâs easy to make comments when you donât know whatâs happening. I havenât spoken to Butch in a long time. He doesnât know what Iâm working on in my swing. He doesnât know whatâs in my head,” McIlroy said. “Definitely, I would say I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum than someone that’s mechanical and someone that’s — you know, it’s easy to make comments when you don’t know what’s happening…it’s easy to make comments and easy to speculate. But unless you actually know what’s happening, I just really don’t take any notice of it.”
McIlroy was responding to Harmon’s critique of his play as like a “robot.” “He is one of the best players the game has ever seen. If he would just go back to being a kid and playing the way he won these championships and play your game, donât have any fear or robotic thoughts. Just play golf,” Harmon said on Sky Sports.
In March, McIlroy won the Arnold Palmer Invitational. But he missed the cut at the U.S. Open and lost steam in the last round of the Masters after a promising start.
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