In contrast, current world number one Brooks Koepka has won four of the last nine majors but has struggled away from the biggest events, with just two regular PGA Tour wins in total.
McIlroy was asked if he would trade being able to peak at the majors for his consistency over the course of the season. “No, I wouldn’t trade,” he told the Irish Examiner.
“I look at Brooks and you see what he does in these majors and you think, ‘wow, if he produced this sort of stuff every week, it would be very tough to compete’. “Why that is, I have no idea. But he obviously does put a lot of extra emphasis on the majors and it works for him.
When I try to put extra emphasis on tournaments, it almost goes the other way for me. I need to relax and I need to just sort of let it go. That’s how I play my best golf.
“I look at what I’ve done this year and my results, scoring average and stats and everything is right where it needs to be. I honestly think this peaking for majors is a little bit of a myth.”
