Rosaforte Report: Faxon helps 'free' McIlroy's mind and stroke
With all the talk about rolling back the golf ball, it was the way Rory McIlroy rolled it at the Arnold Palmer Invitational that was the story of the week and the power surge he needed going into the Masters.Just nine days earlier, a despondent McIlroy missed the cut at the Valspar Championship, averaging 29 putts per round in his 36 holes at Innisbrook Resort. At Bay Hill, McIlroy needed only 100 putts to win for the first time in the United States since the 2016 Tour Championship.The difference maker was a conversation McIlroy had with putting savant Brad Faxon at The Bears Club in Jupiter, Fl., on Monday of API week. What started with a chat, as McIlroy described it, ended with a resurrection of Rorys putting stroke and set him free again, with a triumphant smile on his face, headed to this weeks WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, and Augusta National in two weeks.The meeting with Faxon made for a semi-awkward moment for McIlroy, considering he had been working with highly-regarded putting coach Phil Kenyon since missing the cut in the 2016 PGA Championship. From pathetic at Baltusrol, McIlroy became maker of all, upon the Kenyon union, and winner of the BMW Championship, Tour Championship and FedExCup.
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As a professional courtesy, Faxon laid low, respecting McIlroys relationship with Kenyon, who also works with European stars Justin Rose, Martin Kaymer, Tommy Fleetwood and Henrik Stenson. Knowing how McIlroy didnt like the way Dave Stockton took credit after helping him win multiple majors, Faxon let McIlroy do the talking. Asked about their encounter during his Saturday news conference at Bay Hill, McIlroy called it more of a psychology lesson than anything else.There was nothing I told him he had never heard before, nothing I told him that was a secret, Faxon, who once went 327 consecutive holes on Tour without a three-putt, said on Monday. I think (Rory) said it perfectly when he said it allowed him to be an athlete again. We try to break it down so well, it locks us up. If I was able to unlock what was stuck, he took it to the next level. The thing I learned, there can be no method of belief more important than the athletes true instinct.Without going into too much detail, McIlroy explained that Faxon made him a little more instinctive and reactive. In other words, less mechanical and technical. It was the same takeaway that Gary Woodland had after picking Faxons brain before his win in this years Waste Management Phoenix Open.Sunday night, after leading the field in strokes gained-putting, McIlroy was more elaborative, explaining how Faxon freed up my head more than my stroke, confessing that he was complicating things a bit and was getting less athletic.You look at so many guys out there, so many different ways to get the ball in the hole, he said. The objective is to get the ball in the hole and thats it. I think I lost sight of that a little bit.All of this occurred after a conversation I had Sunday morning with swing instructor Pete Cowen, who praised Kenyon for the work he had done with his player, Henrik Stenson. Cowen attributed Henriks third-round lead at Bay Hill to the diligent work he put in with Kenyon over the last two months.Its confidence, Cowen said. (Stenson) needs a good result for confidence and then hes off. If he putts well, he has a chance of winning every time he plays.Cowen made the point that on the PGA Tour, a player needs 100-110 putts per week or an average of 25-27 putts per round to have a chance of winning. Those include what Cowen calls the momentum putts, that are especially vital in breaking hearts at this weeks WGC-Dell Match Play.Stenson, who is not playing this week in Austin, Texas, saw a lot of positives but admitted there wasnt much he could do against McIlroy shooting 64 on Sunday in the final round on a tricky golf course.It's starting to come along in the right direction for sure, Stenson said. I hit a lot of good shots out there this week, even though maybe the confidence is not as high as some of the shots were, so we'll keep on working on that and it's a good time of the year to start playing well.Nobody knows that better than McIlroy, who is hoping to stay hot going for his third WGC and, eventually, the career Grand Slam at Augusta.
McIlroy was just one stroke off the lead of Fred Couples and Jason Dufner after 36 holes. Then he shot 77 on Saturday, going out in 42 after two doubles, two bogeys and zero birdies through his first eight holes. The free fall continued a day later with a 76. "I just couldn't hit any fairways," the Ulsterman said of his third round.
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A chance meeting with Brad Faxon helped Rory McIlroy get his putting stroke back on track and win the Arnold Rosaforte Report: Faxon helps 'free' McIlroy's mind. BY Tim Rosaforte
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Brad Faxon relayed that thought to Rory McIlroy a week ago, and in the process, helped unlock that massive McIlroy potential. Rosaforte Report: Brad Faxon helps 'free' Rory McIlroy's mind and
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Tim writes "Faxon helps 'free' McIlroy's mind" however the reference to Phil Kenyon got me interested because he's the guy who may perhaps be guilty of getting McIlroy thinking too much about is putting technique and not putting touch. Dateline 20 September 2016 and James Corrigan writes, "For McIlroy, it was obvious whom he should seek
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