Golf: McIlroy gets Masters thumbs-up

Rory’s game is all good, says Bannon.

HOUSTON: The two people that know Rory McIlroy’s golf game the best, his long-time coach Michael Bannon and short-game specialist, Dave Stockton, have given the player a resounding vote of confidence ahead of next month’s Masters.

“Rory’s game is all good,” said Bannon. “The main problem was the back swing and that’s fixed so it’s all good stuff for this week and for the Masters. With Augusta now just two weeks away I am very pleased where his game is and this tournament here in Houston will bed in more what we’ve been doing. Stockton echoed Bannon’s sentiments.

“All parts of Rory’s game are good, and the irons and the woods are good while his putting is fine, too,” said Stockton. “It’s now all a matter of hopefully building on how well he played at Doral as his last round was a great, positive final day’s play.”

Published in The Express Tribune, March 29^th, 2013.