Rory McIlroy is looking to play off his 2014 win this week as he looks to start a run towards the three Majors left in 2018.
After winning here in 2014, McIlroy went on to claim the Open Championship, the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the US PGA Championship in consecutive European Tour starts.
Those wins would combine with two second-place finishes (the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and the DP World Tour Championship) as the Northern Irishman won the Race to Dubai to match the same feat across the pond in the US.
‘It’s good to be back,’ said McIlroy.
‘I like the golf course, I think they have made some great changes. It’s definitely in the best shape that I’ve ever seen it in before, I think the good weather over the last couple of weeks has helped that.
‘It’s shaping up to be a good week and I’m happy to be here. I did some good work in Florida last week on my swing and hopefully I can see some good signs with that over the course of the next few days as well. Glad to be here and looking forward to getting going.
‘I felt like my game was trending in the right direction in 2014 but I didn’t quite have the win.
‘It did snowball from there and I got on to a nice little bit of a hot streak and I’d love to be able to do something like that again. I’ve got a busy summer coming up, there’s a lot of big tournaments to play in. Still got three Major Championships and Ryder Cup and everything else. So maybe this could be the spark that gets that all going again.’
