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McIlroy, the world's No. 2-ranked player, is
competing in the Irish Open this week on the DP World Tour.
"I would say it's at 90 percent, 95 percent," McIlroy said
Wednesday, per Sky Sports. "It's not 100 percent better. I just
happened to take care of it a little bit but it's not preventing
me from doing anything I want to do. Just being a little
mindful, I guess."
He said he isn't concerned about his fitness level.
"No, not at all," McIlroy said. "I've had much worse (injuries).
I had much worse back issues when I was 21, so this is fine.
This is a bit of tightness, a bit of a muscle spasm.
"This is nothing compared to some I've had. I've had a herniated
disc and I've had stuff that would be a lot more worrying than
this is, and I've got really good people around me that know
what to do. It's fine. It's totally fine. I maybe don't heal
quite as fast as I used to but it's all good."
McIlroy will also compete at next week's BMW PGA Championship in
Surrey, England, before taking time off to prepare for his
seventh consecutive Ryder Cup appearance for Team Europe from
Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in Rome.
"It will be nice over these next couple of weeks and obviously
the week leading into Rome to sort of feel like I've spent some
time refining a few things in my game and working on some
stuff," McIlroy added. "I'm excited to spend the next few weeks
over here and do that."
--Field Level Media
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