An 'unbelievable experience'

Rory McIlroy began his road to the Masters with what he spent a long time on and called as the best 90 minutes.

He had lunch last week with Jack Nicklaus.

An incredible experience, McIlroy said Tuesday.

McIlroy, 20 years old,from Northern Ireland, has been the No. 9 in the world, had lunch at at Bear's Club with a network of friend --McIlroy on the eve of the Honda Classic.

I wanted to learn everything as I could about the winner Nicklaus, whose 18 professional majors are the benchmark in golf and the golf clubs he used were the first choice for many golfers. He has more than he could have imagined.

It was great to sit and talk with him and see his approach to victory and what have his head when he was in the competition, and everything that he could have done differently than others. It was probably the best 90 minutes I had spend in a long time.



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McIlroy won the Dubai Desert Classic last year for his only victory in the European Tour, although he said enough to get into the top 10 in the world and are considered to be one of the rising stars of golf. He has worked with sports psychologist Bob Rotella for help after the tournament was over.

There is nothing wrong with the performance of Nicklaus.




One story stayed with him was that Nicklaus did not win the best tournament he have played. This was the 1977 British Open at Turnberry, the famous "Duel in the Sun" in which Nicklaus and Tom Watson shot identical results each day until Watson graduated with a 65 - a birdie on the last hole 18 - victory by one stroke.