OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – Rory McIlroy swapped putters after just one round of the BMW Championship, and he didn’t shy away from one of golf’s most dreaded words when explaining the switch.
McIlroy used a blade-style TaylorMade TP Soto during the opening round at Olympia Fields, where he shot an even-par 70. But in Round 2 he went back to the more familiar mallet-style Spider, also from TaylorMade. The reason was rooted in a single wayward stroke from the previous day.
“I yipped one on 13 yesterday, so that was basically it,” McIlroy said. “It wasn’t a yip, but it was a tentative, just not a good stroke.