Rory McIlroy hopes Olympics will get his game back in shape amid Covid-19 fears

McIlroy is not looking forward to his trip to Japan because of stringent protocols enforced to fight the spread of the virus

Rory McIlroy is not particularly looking forward to the Olympics (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Rory McIlroy is hoping the Olympics will help get his game in better shape because there is not much else to look forward to in Tokyo.

Stringent Covid-19 protocols have put significant restrictions on athletes to the extent it will not be the experience Olympians are used to and McIlroy admits he is going to the Games not out of patriotic duty but because he feels an obligation to golf as one of the world’s leading players.