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McIlroy on BMW Championships and number 1 pressure

Friday, September 05 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Rory McIlroy spoke on Wednesday ahead of the BMW Championships, the third leg of the FedExCup Playoffs, at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE (English): Rory McIlroy, PGA World Number One (On course)

    "The first time for a lot of guys being here in Denver at Cherry Hills. And saw the front nine yesterday, played all 18 today, and, yeah, looking forward to the week. It's a golf course that, it's going to get firmer and trickier as the week goes on. Old style golf course. Going to have to just put your ball in the fairway."

    SOUNDBITE (English): Rory McIlroy, PGA World Number One (On effects of high altitude)

    "It's funny, this course doesn't really allow you to hit it that far. There's not many opportunities where you can just hit driver and see how far it goes. You really need to place your ball in the fairway here. I did hit a three-wood today 370. So, that was pretty. But yeah, the ball is going forever. It really is. And obviously, the altitude, and then it heated up for us on back nine, as well. So, it's going a good, for me, because of my high ball flight, it's going a good 15 percent further than it usually does."

    SOUNDBITE (English): Rory McIlroy, PGA World Number One (On demands of being number one player in world)

    "It's definitely not an annoyance. It's a great position to be in. Obviously, there's more demands on your time and there's, you just have to manage your time a little bit better. But, I feel like I've been in this position for awhile now, that I know how to handle it better. But, at the start there was a little bit of getting used to and really finding a way to, what my priorities were. You have to practice, you have to do the things that you always did to get to that point, which was to be the best player in the world. And I can't neglect that. So, that's first and foremost. And then everything else is after that."

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