CARMEL, Ind. (AP) -- Rory McIlroy suddenly has new life in what had been a drab season.
All it took was a phone call to British putting coach Phil Kenyon, a little work and a little patience, and a victory in the Deutsche Bank Championship that reminded McIlroy what had been sorely missing in his game.
He doesn't need to putt great. He just needs to avoid putting poorly.
''I was looking at the stats from my win here in 2012,'' McIlroy said Wednesday at Crooked Stick for the BMW Championship. ''And I think out of 70 players, I finished 49th in strokes gained putting and won by two, shot 20-under par.