ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Rory McIlroy can finish the season as the European tour's top player for the sixth time with a win at the Abu Dhabi Championship this week.
He will attempt to do so with a new swing.
The No. 3-ranked McIlroy said he has been hunkered down in a studio -- first in Florida, then in New York -- for three weeks, just hitting balls at a screen with a modified swing and not even looking at the flight of his shots.
He hasn't liked the shape of his swing for a while, he said Wednesday, and wanted a more robust one that could hold up in the most pressure-filled moments following a number of missed chances this season.