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LONDON. — Eliminating mistakes and keeping a bad run of holes off his card will be top of Rory McIlroy’s agenda when the world number eight takes part in this week’s Scottish Open golf tournament at Royal Aberdeen. After winning the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in May, the Northern Irishman’s performances have dropped, finishing tied 23rd at the US Open in June and then missing the cut at the Irish Open. But following some minor adjustments to his game, McIlroy is confident he will soon be at the right end of the leaderboard again. “Just limiting the mistakes would be good,” he told Sky Sports television ahead of the British Open warmup event that starts tomorrow.

“The win at Wentworth was probably the only week for some time that I didn’t have a bad stretch of holes. “If I can keep the bad runs of holes off my card, that’s all I need to do because the good golf is there. I’m playing good quality stuff.” —Reuters.