Rory McIlroy has insisted the golfing headlines should not be all about him despite his recent Masters victory. The Northern Irishman became just the fourth man to complete the Grand Slam when a month ago.

It ended an 11-year wait to complete the set of majors, with McIlroy having won the US Open, The Open and two US PGA Championships by the end of 2014. The 36-year-old is now the biggest star in the sport and is likely to be .

Before Europe face the United States in New York though, McIlroy will be hoping to add to his haul of majors. The PGA Championship, which McIlroy has won twice, .

The US Open follows in June before the Open Championship a month later. The build-up to the PGA Championship has taken McIlroy to Truist Championship in Philadelphia, though he opened with a self-described 'rusty' round of 66.

While the Northern Irishman has unsurprisingly been the focus of much of the golfing world's attention since finally donning the Green Jacket, the 36-year-old has selflessly insisted others are deserving of the headlines, singling out and Jordan Spieth.

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“Hopefully in two weeks’ time we're talking about me being a six-time Major champion instead of a five-time Major champion,” he said. “I don't know. I mean, I was really referencing, like that specific tournament and sort of what we talk about in that building, you know, every year for the last ten years.

“But there's enough great story lines in golf, whether it be like Scottie won by a million last week and seems to be playing back to his best. You've got Jordan Spieth going for the career Grand Slam next week.

"You've got a lot of exciting stuff happening in the women's game. So there's always great storylines in golf. And, you know, it certainly doesn't just have to be about me.”

McIlroy also insisted that he is not pushing the panic button over his performance in Philadelphia. Instead, he has insisted that his full focus is on next week's PGA Championship.

“It think it worked out fine. I drove the ball pretty well. I missed it in a couple of spots but was sort of able to get away with it. The mistakes I made mostly were from around the greens, the three-putt on 12 and then making six at 15,” McIlroy added.

"Apart from that, I played pretty good. I felt like I was a little rusty out there, just hadn't played in a week and I hadn't really done a ton of practice, especially like on and around the greens. I certainly can tidy a few things up but, overall, a decent day.

“I don't want to diminish this tournament and this championship. But with everything that's happened over the past couple of weeks, this was always going to be a great prep week for me to see where my game was and refine a few things.

“I still want to play well, and I still want to have a chance to win the tournament, but I'll have a much better gauge of where my game is going into next week after these four days, than I would have had if I hadn't played or if I had to just spend the week at home practising. So this is an important week for me.”