Team McIlroy set for three-week break as Augusta looms
The bookmakers make the 22-year-old Ulsterman a clear 4/1 favourite, hardly generous when you consider the trauma he suffered on the final day 12 months ago and the massive pressure he will be under. On the other hand, the price is based on McIlroy’s consistency and his last three weeks in particular when he reached the final of the WGC Accenture World Match Play Championship, won the Honda Classic and came third over the Blue Monster course at Doral.
McIlroy’s swing seems to be better than ever and he is following the advice of the great Jack Nicklaus by avoiding tinkering or experimentation. To ensure he sticks rigidly to that policy. Michael Bannon, who has coached him from the very beginning of his remarkable career, joins him in Florida this week.
