McIlroy gives blister update after nixing PGA | Golf News

Rory McIlroy has insisted he’s fully nice after withdrawing from Tuesday’s follow spherical due to a blister on his toe.

The profession grand slam champion is chasing yet another PGA Championship title at Aronimink alongside many of the world’s elite gamers. However, he was noticed limping at Quail Hollow just days prior due to a toe blister, a drawback that persevered at Aronimink.

“It’s fine,” said McIlroy.

“I felt very soft having to walk in because of a little toe but I figured it out by separating the little toe from the other ones and having a bit of cushion around it definitely helps. I have also gone to a bigger shoe (by half a size) and a different style, which is a little softer and wider in the toe box.”

“Yesterday was painful but today I was pleasantly surprised by how good it felt.

“It shouldn’t be a shot kind (that causes the pain). It is just strolling downhill when your foot slides into the end of your shoe. That is when it gives me a bit of hassle but it’s completely nice.”

McIlroy is scheduled to tee off alongside Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth in the opening round of the PGA Championship, fresh off a final round 67 at Quail Hollow. “Yeah, I’ve received a blister on my pinky toe on my proper foot, but it is beneath my nail,” McIlroy said after last week’s tournament. “I am unable to actually get to it, so it is a little sore. But I’ll be all proper.”

When asked whether the injury would affect his performance, he responded: “‘No, not at all. I want that was an excuse but completely not.”

McIlroy is chasing his seventh major title among the world’s elite, as Aronimink is set to feature challenging par threes while Spieth pursues the career grand slam.

“I just like the model of golf. I just like the bunkering,” said McIlroy, referring to Aronimink.

“There’s a lot of bunkers. I believe it gives fairly a good bit of selection with shorter par-4s, a couple of longer par-4s. The par-3s, there’s three fairly long ones and a shorter one.

“I think in this day and age I’m not sure if it’s going to test all aspects of your bag. There’s going to be a lot of — again, as I said, strategy off the tee is pretty nonexistent.”