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Rory McIlroy has adopted the glass half-full approach - rather than peering at it as if half-empty - in aiming to bounce back from a missed cut in the Valero Texas Open as he again seeks to achieve the career Grand Slam at the US Masters at Augusta National.
“I think it was beneficial in the end,” admitted McIlroy of failing to advance to the weekend in San Antonio, who is having an eighth crack at finally adding a green jacket to his array of Major acquirements that already include the US Open, British Open and US PGA trophies.
McIlroy had added the event in Texas onto his schedule for the first time in eight years in attempting to fine-tune his game going in the Masters but missed the cut.
“You always learn more from disappointments or times you don’t play well. I did two really good days of practice on Saturday and Sunday and actually felt a lot better about where things were. If I’d made the cut on the number, I wouldn’t have had that time to practice,” said the Northern Irishman.
And in a sign of how his appreciation of the traditional pre-tournament Par 3 competition has evolved, McIlroy - who has missed it on occasions in the past - revealed he will be playing in a group including Pádraig Harrington and Shane Lowry. and that he will have his young daughter, Poppy, joining him in her white-caddie outfit.
Indeed, McIlroy added that he was using his daughter’s presence at Augusta this week as an opportunity to break away from the demands of chasing down that elusive Masters title.
“I try to stay off my phone as much as possible. When I get home, my attention is taken away from the golf and it turns to family. You don’t want to feel like that absent dad, so it’s nice to turn attention away from the golf, by drawing on the chalk board or whatever she wants. I try to shield myself a lot from the hype and attention.”