Mcilroy meets 'bear'

Jack Nicklaus has told Britain's Rory McIlroy that he needs to add patience to his armoury if he is to continue his climb up golf's world rankings.

The 20-year-old from Northern Ireland has risen swiftly to ninth in the world rankings but has just a solitary win from the European Tour.

McIlroy, who has joined the PGA Tour this year, told reporters he had lunch last week with 18-times major winner Nicklaus and received a few tips from the maestro.

"I think one of the biggest things that I took from it was patience, and just to learn to wait and learn to bide your time and know that if you believe in yourself that it will happen; it will happen one of these days so it's just a matter of waiting and staying patient.

"That was one of the big things I got from him," McIlroy said after practice for this week's WGC-CA Championship.

McIlroy is to work with sports psychologist Bob Rotella, who has worked with a number of leading golfers, in an attempt to improve his mental approach to the game and the lunch with Nicklaus allowed him a chance to tap the 'Golden Bear' for suggestions.

"It was an unbelievable experience. He sort of got in touch with us and he heard that I was going to work with Bob Rotella just to sort of work out a mental approach to things.

Source: China Daily