Chatter about his putting problems is reaching deafening levels, but the 27-year-old from Northern Ireland is well equipped to bounce back.
Since missing the cut at last week's PGA Championship, pundits have queued up to give their views on what he should be doing to properly capitalise on his prodigious shot-making skills.
There are those who advocate finding a new coach, others who say it is time to ditch caddie JP Fitzgerald or consult a shrink. Perhaps he should practise more, play more, play less, smile more, be less accessible, be more amenable... and so it goes on.
McIlroy always generates noise. Opinions fly in all directions. But he is the best judge of what to do to improve.
Think back to 2013 when he missed the cut at the Open at Muirfield. He commented: "I feel like I'm walking around out there and I'm unconscious." Describing his golf as "brain dead", he looked a lost soul before embarking on a largely unseen and arduous process of finding solutions to turn around his game.
McIlroy finished in the top 10 of the PGA the following month but did not make the top 30 who contested the Tour Championship that year. It wasn't until the end of 2013, when he won the Australian Open, that he started to turn the corner.
McIlroy always generates noise. Opinions fly in all directions. But he is the best judge of what to do to improve.
Think back to 2013 when he missed the cut at the Open at Muirfield. He commented: "I feel like I'm walking around out there and I'm unconscious." Describing his golf as "brain dead", he looked a lost soul before embarking on a largely unseen and arduous process of finding solutions to turn around his game.
McIlroy finished in the top 10 of the PGA the following month but did not make the top 30 who contested the Tour Championship that year. It wasn't until the end of 2013, when he won the Australian Open, that he started to turn the corner.
