PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON HAS his own Masters hopes this week but the three-time Major winner spared a thought for Rory McIlroy ahead of tomorrow’s first round at Augusta National.
Harrington is among those who have been looking to take the pressure off the young Holywood man’s shoulders ahead of what is sure to be a very public scrutiny.
“All Rory has to worry about is peaking the right weeks and his game is plenty good enough, as he has shown when he does peak, he can lap fields,” the three-time major winner said. “Consistency is highly overrated. We all want to be consistent as professional golfers but generally people that are consistent are mediocre.
“As players we go out there and practice all day looking for consistency, but consistency actually is boring, so you want the exciting peaks, even if that means that there are going to be some frustrating days afterwards, so be it. So if I was him, I wouldn’t let anybody get inside his head and just go about his business and stay patient.”
Whether or not McIlroy heeds those words of advice remains to be seen but he will know that another flop at Augusta would surely crank up the pressure on him even further.
