“The best I’ve played in my entire golf career. Looking at my stats now, I can’t find any weaknesses.”

The confidence of Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), the world’s No. 1 in men’s golf, is showing a formidable rise, including winning the PGA Tour FedEx Cup last year, winning the CJ Cup, and winning the DP World Tour Dubai Desert Classic this year. stab

At a press conference held on the 9th (Korean time) one day before the opening of the WM Phoenix Open on the PGA Tour, McIlroy answered without hesitation, “Yes,” to the question, “Do you think you are the best player in the world right now?”메이저놀이터 “I’m doing so well right now. I always feel like I’m playing smart,” he said. “I feel like I’m in a really good place in my golf, and I feel like I’m in no shortage of consistent play and the ability to continue that play.”

On the PGA Tour, McIlroy, who won two tournaments in a row by winning the Tour Championship in August last year and The CJ Cup in October, will challenge to win three PGA Tour tournaments in a row at the Phoenix Open. If successful, he will achieve a great record in 7 years since Dustin Johnson (USA) in 2016. McIlroy has won three competitions in a row in the 2013-2014 season.

He is not simply the confidence that comes from being in good condition. “What I’m looking at is the last 18 months beyond the last 6 months,” McIlroy said.

This event is attracting more attention as the first to third places in the world rankings participate for the first time this year. World No. 2 Scotty Scheffler (USA) has been on an unstoppable rise after winning her first career victory in this event last year. Schaeffler, who had a chance to become world number one, expressed his greed, saying, “I don’t really like the number 2. I want to become the number 1, too.” However, he said modestly, “I’m number 2 in the world, but I can’t say I’m the second best golfer in the world.” showed up