I'll take vibe of Olympics to Memphis, says McIlroy
Rory McIlroy may not have returned from the Olympics with a medal, but he plans to take the same attitude he had in Tokyo into the rest of the season.
McIlroy, who missed out in a seven-man play-off for bronze on Sunday, had little time to dwell on his near-miss as he flew straight back to the United States and had two nights at home before heading to Memphis for the WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational.
But the former Olympics sceptic was buoyed by his performance at Kasumigaseki CountryClubashelookstoend the regular PGA Tour season stronglyandboosthischances of winning the FedEx Cup title for a third time.
"I certainly didn't expect to feel the way I did when I was there but it was great. I had a wonderful time," McIlroy said.
"I had a good chance of getting a medal there at the end, that didn't quite pan out but it was a great week and I'm already looking forward to Paris (2024).
"The Olympics was a big week for me because I played with more freedom there and thatobviouslypannedoutwell withmybesttournamentsince the US Open.
"That's the focus for me the next few weeks, to play with as much freedom as possible and I know if I do that I'll be able to playsomeofmybestgolf.More freedom, less thought, more fun. Just try to have a little more fun with it and go from there.
"It's been a whirlwind few weeks with being over in EuropeandthenTokyolastweek, sort of here, there and everywhere, so it was nice to get a couple of nights in my own bed before flying up here last night (Tuesday).
"The only thing is trying to get over the jet-lag!”