No looking back: Rory McIlroy seeking to lower expectations ahead of PGA

McIlroy exuded so much self-confidence before the Masters only to ultimately sulk away after an excruciating missed cut which turned into an impromptu sabbatical to get his head straight

BACK AT IT: “I was never so sure that I was going to have a great week at Augusta. Never," says Rory McIlroy.

If there was one message Rory McIlroy hoped to deliver before the PGA Championship, it’s not to expect anything from him.

Whatever confidence the Northern Irishman exuded on the eve of last month’s Masters did not serve him well. So on Tuesday, he buried that notion in waves of carefully crafted words that offered no hint of what result might turn up on Sunday at Oak Hill Country Club.