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Rory McIlroy signed for a second round three under par 69 at the WGC-Cadillac Championship on Friday at Doral in Florida.
"I was like, `Oh my God, I'm in red numbers,"' McIlroy said with a laugh on Friday. "But you know, it's good. It's nice to shoot something in the 60s and definitely build on over the next couple of days."
McIlroy said he had a good session on the practice range on Thursday evening and felt as though he hit the ball better, though still not as well as he can.
"But it was better," he said. "I saw a lot of positives. I hit a really good 6-iron into the eighth hole and hit a great 3-wood off the 10th. I saw a lot of good signs out there."
Although McIlroy didn't make one putt over 10 feet and ended his round with three-putting for a bogey.
"Three-putted a couple times," he said. "That's not really what I'm focusing on right now. It's about the ball striking. And the ball striking, it's getting there. Days like today were very pleasing because it shows that I'm going in the right direction."
A year ago, Rory missed four cuts in five tournaments and looked lost, and then won the PGA Championship by a record eight shots, won two FedEx Cup playoff events against the strongest fields, closed out the year with a win in Dubai and captured the money title on golf's two biggest tours.
Callery the low point was last week in the Honda Classic when he walked off the course after 26 holes, later conceding that he was frustrated.
"You go through these periods in golf where you just have a tough time and things don't click right away," McIlroy said. "It's understandable. It would be great if it wasn't like that, and it would make the game a lot easier. I'm pleased with today. Overall, I saw some positives out there, something to build on going into the next two days, and obviously, the next few weeks."
McIlroy has only one other tournament scheduled before the Masters.
He only plans to play the Houston Open two weeks before the year's first major as he has not entered the Tampa Bay Classic next week. But could add Bay Hill the following week if he feels he needs more competition.
It would be a nice touch if he did opt for Arnold Palmer's event this season having disappointed the golfing legend last year, when he decided not to play it.
Luke Donald, the world number one a year ago, did n't play either.
"I’m disappointed that they are not here, no question about it,” Palmer said last year. “They are the top players on tour right now in the positions that they are in. And I’m disappointed.”
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