McIlroy desperate to return to winning ways

It was a sobering moment when Rory McIlroy was reminded, in the first city in the world to hold an AA meeting, that its been five months since he last savoured the ‘addiction’ of success on either the European or PGA Tours.

McIlroy’s one and only victory this year was in the Honda Classic last March and in the intervening period, the current World No. 2 has managed a best of seventh some seven weeks ago in Memphis and more recently a share of 10th six weeks ago in the Irish Open.

However with just a month to the start of the lucrative FedEx Cup Series and a further month to the start of the Ryder Cup, McIlroy is desperate to again savour the adrenalin rush of success.