DORAL, Fla. -- Rory McIlroy was worried.
Not scared, not frightened. Just worried.
In the days leading up to this week's WGC-Cadillac Championship, he was changing the grip on his putting stroke, and that got him thinking about the potential backlash.
Let's not confuse the message here: He wasn't worried about how switching to a left-hand-low style would negatively impact his performance. He'd been working on this method in practice sessions for a while and had confidence in his ability to hole more putts in competition.
No, he was worried about inevitable comparisons to a certain fellow superstar.