Rory McIlroy has revealed he has been engaged on his swing with Tiger Woods forward of this week’s PGA Championship at Oak Hill. McIlroy headed into the opening main of the 12 months at The Masters as a well-backed favorite however did not make the reduce. 

Things didn't go to plan for the Northern Irishman as he carded five-over par throughout his two opening rounds. One week later, McIlroy then made the controversial determination to withdraw from the RBC Heritage.

The withdrawal proved to be a pricey one, because the four-time main winner was docked £2.4 million of his Player Impact Programme bonus for lacking his second elevated occasion of the season. McIlroy then returned at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship, however stumbled dwelling to tied-Forty seventh end.

The 33-year-old is considerably out of shape heading into this week’s main in Rochester, however he's little doubt hoping the assistance of Woods can flip issues spherical. Speaking on the PGA Championship, he advised Golf Channel: “I had a good chat with Tiger a couple of days after Quail Hollow about my swing.

“That was really helpful. It was just two guys talking about the golf swing. I was really appreciative of him reaching out to me and sharing his thoughts. When you have the greatest player of all time offering advice, you are not going to turn it down. 

“Since I spoke to him, I was really keen to go to the range and work on some things.” The downside seemingly lies with a two-way miss, with McIlroy seemingly not sure as to which means his miss will head off the membership face. “The club was just getting a little bit out of position at the top and then sort of the sequence of events that followed from there,” he added. 

“The Club face was getting a bit too open on the way back, really struggling to square it on the way down, and then sort of re-closure was getting a little too fast, throwing my hands on it, and sorta started to get the miss going both ways, especially at Quail Hollow. 

“So trying to sort of tighten the start lines up a little bit, keep a little bit more strength in the club face, feel a little bit more squareness throughout the swing.  That's sort of what I've been working on over the last week or so. I'm certainly not a rookie at this point. I know what my tendencies are and I know what the feelings are to try to sort of get it back on a good path. I would expect this week to not have to deal with that so much.”