Rory McIlroy was left to rue some poor decision making and some destructive drives at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am but he will be bouncing into Riviera Country Club for the Genesis Invitational after closing with a bogey-free 64.
In the end after posting 25 birdies and 2 eagles, McIlroy settled for a share of 14th on 17-under, five shots behind Collin Morikawa but had it not been for three double bogeys and a triple in the first 54 holes he feels it could have been a different story.
“I wish I could have those four holes back this week,” said McIlroy whose title defence never got going after some mental errors that he put down to early season rust.
“Yeah, that’s all I felt like I needed to tidy up because the good stuff in there is really, really good. Struck my irons well, drove it well for the most part. There was a couple of destructive tee shots yesterday, but everything feels in pretty good shape.
I played 68 really good ones and if I — yeah, even you turn those three doubles into bogeys and that triple into a bogey, that’s five shots and all of a sudden you’re looking at having a three-shot lead.”
There were still signs of the vintage McIlroy and as he looks to break his duck at Tiger Woods’ place this week he is very confident that his ‘A’ game is close.
“But all in all, some really good stuff this week. Pretty encouraged going into next week for sure.”
Someone who will also feel that his best stuff is yet to come is Shane Lowry who grabbed a share of 8th place with a bogey-free 67 on Sunday.
Lowry’s 18-under total came courtesy of his putter running hot on the back nine as he came home in four-under 32 to backdoor his way into a top-10.
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