Rory McIlroy to work with swing coach Pete Cowen as he looks to regain form
Rory McIlroy has revealed he will officially be working with renowned swing coach Pete Cowen, after he missed the cut at The Players Championship.
Rory McIlroy has teamed up with famous swing coach Pete Cowen in a bid to regain the form that once made him the number one golfer in the world, with The Masters just around the corner.
The Northern Irishman has struggled over the past year since the PGA Tour returned after its 91 day halt due to the coronavirus outbreak and McIlroy has now slipped outside of the world's top 10.
In his most recent start at TPC Sawgrass, McIlroy missed the cut at The Players Championship, where he was the defending champion following his victory there in 2019.
McIlroy admitted that he got "sucked into" chasing more speed and distance and that he would be lying if he said it wasn't anything to do with the recent success of Bryson DeChambeau.
Although he added the extra distance he was looking for, McIlroy revealed his swing has suffered for it and he is now working on reining it in to get more control out on the course.
Cowen, who has helped the likes of Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen win major championships, will join McIlroy's 'performance team' which also includes putting coach Brad Faxon, as well as Michael Bannon, who has coached McIlroy since he was a young junior golfer.
In a previous interview with Golf Digest, Cowen revealed his interesting fee structure, where his coaching company is paid a 4% fee of tournaments earnings, but only if the player finishes inside the top 10.
If the player finishes outside of the top 10, Cowen simply isn't paid, which goes to show the confidence he has in his ability to bring out the best in the players he works with.
McIlroy is set to star in this week's WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, where he will face off against his Ryder Cup teammate Ian Poulter, with the Englishman paired in the same group.
