Rory McIlroy admits that he simply “couldn’t cope with any more” when he suffered that mentalmeltdown at the Honda Classic last year and fled the course midway through his second round.

Rory McIlroy is targeting a fifth Tour victory this season after moving into second spot at the BMW Masters in Shanghai yesterday.

RORY McILROY made it clear yesterday he has complete faith in caddie JP Fitzgerald and described the Dubliner as “one of my closest friends”.