Rory McIlroy Credits Wife Erica Stoll For Scottish Open Performance originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Rory McIlroy is showing signs of his Masters winning form at the Scottish Open this weekend. After completing the Grand Slam in April, he fell into a drought with consecutive underperformances in several events.

At the moment the players who have lifted the most coveted trophies in golf are Rory McIlroy (Masters), Scottie Scheffler (PGA Championship) and J.J. Spaun (U.S. Open). If I’d told you this was the case back in March then you would have had no issue believing that Rory and Scottie took home majors,

So it's no surprise that a star like Rory McIlroy didn't soften his performance during the first round of the Scottish Open: "It was a scrappy start," he summed it up. It's fair to say that things improved markedly for the Northern Irishman as the day progressed.

The British Open returns to Royal Portrush and it should be quite the homecoming for Rory McIlroy. He'd love nothing more than to win golf's oldest championship on his home soil of Northern Ireland.

Rory McIlroy is back on the golf course this weekend at the Genesis Scottish Open, and has been quizzed on his recent break from the sport by Amanda Balionis

“One of the things he has added to his armoury is what Tiger called the stinger shot. He’s very good at that now. He hits the ball 35 feet off the ground when he plays it where his normal height is about 120 feet. It gives him a safety shot that he wouldn’t have had last time he played the Open at Portrush.

Open Championship golfers and the British Open favorite to win ahead of the year's final major at Royal Portrush

Rory McIlroy says he's back to his best after experiencing a lull post-Masters win, and explained he feels like everything is coming together at the right time for a big end to the year