Rory McIlroy ‘feeling pretty good’ after first round in Abu Dhabi since swing change

Every day for three weeks, Rory McIlroy locked himself in a simulator bay at the Bear’s Club in Florida, practicing and focusing on his swing mechanics, not his ball flight.

He has had nearly a month off, so he wanted to take advantage of this time to improve his technicalities. McIlroy said that he had not had this type of practice session for nearly 18 months, adding that hitting balls on a range instead of inside would not help his mechanics and setup.

“Not seeing the ball flight for a while, I think, has been really important to try to implement some of those little changes,” McIlroy said on

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