Golf Channel · Jun 2, 2016
McIlroy ditches left-hand-low grip, cards 71 at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio – Rory McIlroy had a simple explanation for switching back to a conventional putting grip Thursday at the Memorial Tournament.
“I had 127 putts the week that I won the Irish Open,” McIlroy said after taking 29 putts in a round of 1-under 71 at Muirfield Village. “So it's not as if I putted particularly well that week. I won that golf tournament with my ball striking alone. I just felt like it was time to – you know, I thought about it for a while, and I was messing around on the putting green over the weekend. Just went back to the grip and really trying to focus on the basics like setup and eye position and ball position and stuff like that, alignment.”