Rory McIlroy Looking Past Open Win to 2014 Bridgestone Invitational

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Published: August 1, 2014

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After Day 1 of the 2014 Bridgestone Invitational, Rory McIlroy made it clear that he's not resting on his laurels after his recent Open Championship win but is looking forward to future victories. 

"I've obviously had a bit of time to reflect after the Open and everything, but just decided I wanted to move on and move forward,'' McIlroy said Tuesday after a practice round at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, per ESPN.com's Bob Harig. 

McIlroy, who shot a 69 Thursday to finish at one under par on the day, has three previous top-10 finishes at the Bridgestone. He got off to a strong start Thursday, Harig noted, but ran into trouble on the back nine.



He birdied his fourth hole, one of four birdies on the day, but some poor greens play led to a double bogey on his second-to-last hole to end Day 1 tied for 14th. 

McIlroy's ups and downs Thursday came after comments made by Tiger Woods during The Open Championship suggesting McIlroy's game could use more consistency. 

"When he gets it going, he gets it going. When it gets going bad, it gets going real bad. It's one or the other," Woods said, according to Joe Posnanski of NBCSports.com. "He has his hot weeks, and he has his weeks where he's off. And that's just the nature of how he plays the game—it's no right way or wrong way."

McIlroy echoed those sentiments Tuesday in comments provided by GolfChannel.com's Jason Sobel, agreeing that he'd like to "make his bad weeks a little better." 

If McIlroy can find that consistency over the next three days, he can still put himself in position to push for the title. Marc Leishman is currently in the lead at six under par on the day. 

McIlroy's approach Thursday was more conservative than his normally aggressive style, but that may have caused his first bogey. He undershot his approach onto the green and wound up three-putting the ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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