With right attitude, Rory McIlroy will turn the corner

I feel for Rory McIlroy right now. Each week, it seems like he is eating humble pie, writes John McHenry. 

He knows he is a vastly better player than his recent performances suggest but until he realises some immediate milestones — a halfway cut, a top 10 performance, a win — then he is going to have to continually defend himself at news conferences.

Last week, at the Scottish Open, he spoke about sounding like a “broken record” at his press conference — trying to convince the world’s media that his game was close but who is he really kidding? Such is the polarising inconsistency in his game right now that it is concerning and, more and more, the journalists who follow the Tours’ all year long are beginning to say so too.