Rory McIlroy’s dominant victory in the PGA Championship whetted his appetite for major titles, but the 23-year-old world number one says he has plenty of time to add to his tally of two.
McIlroy, who claimed his first major title at the 2011 US Open, says he will not be turning his career into a pursuit of Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major golf titles, a mark that 14-time major winner Tiger Woods has unabashedly targeted. “I never grew up chasing records or trying to put a certain number on it,” McIlroy said Thursday on the eve of the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second of four events in the US PGA Tour’s playoff series.
“I’ve got my second major and I’m looking for my third. Hopefully it’s not too long before I get my third, and then when I get my third, I want to get my fourth. That’s the way I’m approaching it.
“I don’t want to put any number on it because if I just throw a random number out there and I don’t get to it, I don’t want me to be disappointed with a career that’s actually very good or everyone else to feel like I haven’t lived up to expectations.”
