Can Masters winner McIlroy inspire Saints?
Callum Davidson hopes St Johnstone can take inspiration from Rory McIlroy's win at The Masters when they face Celtic in this weekend's Scottish Cup semi-final.Davidson, who famously won both domestic cups with the Saints in 2020-21, knows his former side are in for a daunting task and hopes they didn't "poke the fire" too much in beating Brendan Rodgers' side 1-0 recently."I think it's going to be a tough game for them," he said. "I think they kind of poked the fire a little bit there with the performance against them, a few wee tactics they had in the game."I hear they've got a few wee niggly injuries, they've got a few guys who might be missing. So I think it's going to be really tough. "They've got to take confidence from last week in what they can do. But I think all things have to align for them a little bit to get through."After Rory McIlroy's heroics at Augusta on Sunday evening, Davidson, who is an avid golf fan, would like to see similar grit and heart from the Saints side in their own attempt to make history."But they'll be going into it thinking, you know, it's one game, we have a chance. We have an opportunity. It's all about creating history. We talk about Rory McIlroy a little bit and creating history," he added."You have to be brave enough to go and try and get the job done. And I think that'll be the message; that certainly was the message last time we played them."Go and have the courage and go and be brave to try and achieve something."And if you don't, at least you give it a go, and you can bounce back again and then go and try again."
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