Honest Rory McIlroy slaughters golf sheep and makes worrying admission over motivation

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Grand Slam superstar confession over drive after Masters win
Honest Rory McIlroy admits top golf stars are like sheep as he confessed struggles for motivation after his Masters high.
The Northern Irish superstar is back after a fortnight off for the RDC Canadian Open at TPC Toronto having sidestepped golf since his chaotic PGA Championship.
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McIlroy was left fuming at the fact a leak revealed his driver had been non-conforming, but the bigger concern for his ardent fans during his pre-tournament speech at Caldeon was around the fact he's toiled during the break to feel a drive within his practice.
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Having won a career Grand Slam and fulfilled his lifetime goals, the push for the next target is going to be a tough one as he said: 'The last few weeks I've had a couple weeks off and grinding on the range for three or four hours every day is maybe a little tougher than it used to be. You have this event in your life that you've worked towards and it happens, sometimes it's hard to find the motivation to get back on the horse and go again.
'I think the last two weeks have been good for me just as a reset, just to sort of figure out where I'm at in my own head, what I want to do, where I want to play. I thought it was a good time to reset some goals. I've had a pretty good first half of the season and I want to have a good second half of the season now, too.'
McIlroy has headed to Canada the week before the US Open at Oakmont with a clear focus on competing in National Opens through the year. The field is Toronto is strong and, asked for his reasoning on that, he opined: 'I think a lot of the European guys like to play the week before a major, I think there's that part of it. Look we play so much in the States anyway and, you come here, it feels a little different, but you're not that far away.
'I think when the tournament has been a little closer to the city and we've been able to stay in Toronto, it feels a little more I won't say European, but you know cosmopolitan and maybe different from what we do week in week out. But I think for the most part it's become a very very good tournament and I think because of that and you see you guys playing each and every year I think the field then starts to become stronger because you know you see your peers do something and we're we're all like sort of sheep out here, like once one person does something we all sort of try to do the same thing
'So I just think this tournament has grown from strength to strength over these last few years and that's a lot to do with Golf Canada and RBC and everyone behind it and they should be really proud of what they've done.'