ATLANTA – A nagging again harm slowed Rory McIlroy for the second consecutive day on the Tour Championship, however the three-time winner at East Lake remained within the hunt with a second-round 67.

McIlroy injured his decrease again on Tuesday and was unable to observe or play earlier than Thursday’s opening spherical. Despite these limitations, he’s simply six photographs off the lead held by Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa.

Still, he didn’t sound like a participant poised to make a run.

“I felt like if I could get through [Thursday] I was just hoping that each day it would get progressively better. I would say it got a touch better today in terms of being able to just put a little bit more speed into the swing,” McIlroy stated. “Still limited what I could do. It certainly doesn’t feel any worse today, so at least I know I’m not doing any damage or I don’t necessarily think that by me playing it’s going to get worse.”

McIlroy stated it’s the shorter golf equipment that trigger essentially the most discomfort as a result of he’s unable to take care of his posture by means of impression. He additionally stated there’s no threat of creating the harm any worse, however he did concede that the restrictions might result in “bad habits” together with his swing.

“I would say maybe bad habits. Hopefully it starts to feel better and maybe by the end of next week I’ll be able to hit some balls again and get out of those bad habits,” he stated.