Rory McIlroy Quotes

The first time I played a PGA Tour event at Tucson was 1975. I came off the course on Sunday feeling very good about myself. I'd finished at even par, and I knew I could play even better if I worked at it.

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

In my life, I'd like to play more golf and, and get a decent handicap.

I was shooting in the low 70s and 60s by the time I was 12. That's the great thing about golf. It doesn't matter how old or young you are. If you're 90 and can shoot a good score, people will want to play with you.

I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while, I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

My golf game is lacking big time.

I think I shot 78 one time. My golf game is so overrated.

It's fun to be able to play good golf not having your A game.

As my followers know, I'm always looking for ways to improve my game and have a little more fun on the course.

I sort of play golf because a lot of my friends are into it, but I'm awful - my handicap is about six or seven thousand.

The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.

How can you get tired of playing golf?

I think when I was about 12 or 13, my dad started taking me out to the local golf course, and that's the first time I ever hit a golf ball. I picked it up pretty quickly, just kind of monkey-see, monkey-do. But when I was 12, golf was so slow to me. For me, it was basketball, girls and music.

My golf score is really bad. I don't know. I'm definitely not a good golfer. Off the tee box, I can drive it about 275, and I'm in the fairway about 99% of the time. It's my next shot that needs work.

For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.

It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you play?

I caddied for a guy who was a very good player, and he gave me a set of clubs, just a starter set: 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, putter and driver. I just loved it. How I developed my swing was to just grab a club and start banging balls.

I want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.

I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.

Way, way, way back I played a little bit, but I am definitely not a golfer. You know, it just takes too much time anyway during the course of the day.

Pretty it's pretty good for me because I'm over here in the winters. It's really improved my golf game.

Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself.

Golf is just for fun. I have no time to be a pro golfer, not even after F1. I think it's too late and I'm too old to learn now. Golf is just a hobby and maybe I can improve a little bit more.

I'm bad at golf.

There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.