Golf - Upturn in fortunes is imminent, predicts McIlroy

FILE PHOTO: Golf - European Tour - Dubai Duty Free Irish Open - Portstewart, Northern Ireland, Britain - July 8, 2017 Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy practices on the chipping green Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

LONDON (Reuters) - Fresh from the humiliation of missing the cut at his own tournament, Rory McIlroy spent 90 minutes practising his putting at the Scottish Open on Wednesday before predicting an upturn in his fortunes.

The world number four has yet to win a tournament in a year disrupted by injury, erratic form, new clubs, his own wedding and most recently a social media spat that led him to temporarily withdrawing from Twitter.