Golf Champ Thanks Tennis Champ Caroline Wozniacki for Advice

Written by: Staff on 30th November 2011

Golf Champ Thanks Tennis Champ Caroline Wozniacki for Advice

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki returns the ball to the Czech Republic's Lucie Hradecka during their women's singles tennis match at the China Open tennis tournament held at the National Stadium court in Beijing, China on 03 October 2011. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG |

Love might mean nothing in tennis but it is clearly having an impact at the top of the golf world as U.S. Open winner Rory McIlroy admits his new-found romance with women’s world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki has toughened up his mind for the fairways.

McIlroy has been dating Wozniacki since Wimbledon and believes the 21-year old Dane is helping him bolster the mental aspects of his game. The Northern Irishman told the Irish Examiner newspaper: “When Caroline and I might discuss our own sport, I am very interested in how she prepares herself for the mental side of big tennis tournaments like how she goes about setting goals or whatever.

“That sort of discussion gives me a good insight into how she deals with similar issues I might face.”

McIlroy added that Wozniacki’s golf prospects are better than his in tennis. “Being a tennis player her upper body is pretty strong,” McIlroy said. “She has more potential at golf than I do at tennis. The thing is that when I play tennis the competitive side in me comes to the fore and I want to play well every time but it just doesn’t happen. I would get more frustrated because I want to be able to grasp tennis straight away.”

“DAILY TENNIS NEWS WIRE”

Topics: Caroline Wozniacki, Rory McIlroy