Rory McIlroy to attack greens at Wells Fargo Championship

World No 1 Rory McIlroy plans to take an aggressive approach on the greens as he looks to find his putting touch in this week's Wells Fargo Championship.

McIlroy finished eighth in the Players Championship at Sawgrass on Sunday, after struggling to convert his excellent play from tee to green into enough birdies to challenge for the title.

But the four-time major winner will be boosted by his impressive record at Quail Hollow, where he boasts four top-10 finishes from his last five appearances, as he seeks an 11th PGA Tour title

The 26-year-old claimed his maiden victory on US soil here in 2010 thanks to a final round of 62, and he is the bookies' favourite to repeat that success this week.

"I'm really happy with where everything is from tee to green," McIlroy said. "So more of the same with that and just hole a few more putts.

"I felt the ones that had a chance (at Sawgrass) weren't quite rolling past the hole, they were just getting to the hole and sort of dying away. I was maybe just hitting putts a little too soft at times.

"I'll try to get the speed a bit better and be a bit more aggressive on the greens and hopefully that will make a difference."

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McIlroy will play alongside Ben Martin and four-time PGA Tour winner Patrick Reed for first two rounds at Quail Hollow, where nearly half of the world’s top 25 are in action this week.

Last week’s Players Championship runner-up Kevin Kisner tees-off with world No 3 Henrik Stenson and Australia’s Adam Scott, while five-time major champion Phil Mickelson has been grouped alongside RBC Heritage winner Jim Furyk and defending champion JB Holmes.

Holmes underwent brain surgery in September 2011 and claimed his first PGA Tour title since 2008 when he held off a charge from Furyk in the final round here 12 months ago.

The 33-year-old has since parachuted in to the world’s top 20 with five top-10 PGA Tour finishes, including play-off victory at last month’s Houston Open.

"Last year to be able to come out, get a win here at such a great tournament was obviously a confidence booster,” Holmes said. “It was a great moment.

“It was more about not necessarily just that moment and the win, it was more about the collective and all the stuff I had gone through to get there.

"I had a lot of hard work to get to there and this year I've just came out and kind of fed off that win, just continuing to play well.”

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