Rory climbs out of hole with putting guru’s help

RORY McILROY’s bid to move on from his Masters disappointment continued at Wentworth yesterday as he spent more time with short-game expert Dave Stockton ahead of today’s BMW PGA Championship opening round.

The 22-year-old Holywood golfer says he is already emotionally over the trauma of his final-day meltdown at Augusta National seven weeks ago when a disastrous 10th hole saw his four-shot overnight lead disappear and signalled a horror round of 80 as South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel landed the famed Green Jacket with a six-under-par 66.

Yet he has acknowledged there are deficiencies in his game that came to light at the Masters and he is working hard to address them.