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Rory McIlroy is at the top of his game. The Irish golfer comes into this week’s WM Phoenix Open with the aim of defending his World No.1 title. McIlroy is more than confident in doing so and has already revealed his ambitions to double his win tally.
For the unversed, McIlroy has 32 wins, including four Majors, to his name. Now, the Dubai Desert Classic winner has claimed that he’s been playing like the best in the world. Continuing on the subject, McIlroy stated that he has “won 30 whatever time around the world as a professional” and there is ‘no reason he can’t double that number.’
Speaking to the media ahead of the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale, Rory McIlroy said:
"I said at the end of last year, I feel like as complete of a player as I ever have. If you just look at my statistical categories, there's no real glaring weaknesses there. I've worked really hard on that to try to become a more well-rounded player.”
He added:
"I think the results speak for themselves, as well, over not just the past six months but really the past 18 months post-Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits, I feel like I've been on a really good run of form since then."
McIlroy, who rose to No.1 in the Official World Golf Rankings after the CJ Cup win last year, said that he wants to keep winning more.
The Irishman added:
"I don't think I should be up here if I thought my best days weren't ahead of me. Like I can't be sitting up here and talking to you guys and trying to win golf tournaments if I think that the glory days are gone. You have to be an eternal optimist in this game, and I 100 per cent believe that I can still -- I've won 30 whatever times around the world as a professional. There's no reason that I can't double that number going forward. Like I truly believe that.”
Rory McIlroy says he's become more consistent over the years
Furthermore, Rory McIlroy went on to explain that people couldn’t predict his form’s peak. Raising doubts about the possibility of him becoming even better at the game, the ace golfer said that he has become a ‘more consistent’ player over the years.
He added:
"Who knows whenever you've peaked or not peaked. I'm guilty of looking back to 2014 and thinking about how I played then and are there certain things from that time in my career I'd want to put into my own career at the minute, but when I look at everything and I look at the statistical categories, I said at the start of this press conference, I don't feel like I've ever been as complete of a player as I am right now.
"The highs were very high back then, but I had some lows, too. But I feel like my base level now is just a little bit higher and a little more consistent."
It is pertinent to note that the ace golfer will go up against his toughest competition this week at the WM Phoenix Open. The golfer will compete with World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler and No. 3 Jon Rahm, both of whom have been eyeing his ranking spot for a while now.
