Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy revealed among a handful of people he approached to turn around a downturn in his putting was close friend Harry Diamond.

Diamond has also been one of McIlroy’s confident’s and often travels to tournaments with McIlroy including being on hand last May when McIlroy captured a second Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow.

And after coming from two shots back at the start of the third round of the WGC – Cadillac Championship to three in front with a round to play at Trump Doral, McIlroy spoke of the advice he sought re his putting.

“It was really me just taking ownership of my putting and my putting stroke but then I sent a couple of videos to a couple of people — actually the video I posted on Instagram,” he said.

Rory McIlroy and Harry Diamond (right of picture) after McIlroy won the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla. (Photo – www.golfbytourmiss.com)

“And then there was one face-on that I sent to Dave Stockton, who thought it was great. He loved it, what we’ve tried to do in the past with my stroke.

“I talked also to a good buddy of mine, Harry Diamond, about putting, as well. He’s a great putter and a great amateur player in his own right. He’s very knowledgeable about the game, and sent him a couple of videos, as well. I didn’t seek anyone out, but I guess I send videos to a couple of people for confirmation more than anything else. But it felt really good to me from the start. I think when something does feel that right, you just have to go with it.

“I stood up on the podium yesterday saying I didn’t want that perception of me copying Jordan, but that hasn’t really been the case this week. As I said, just keep working at it and keep going through my routine and hopefully, it’s started to pay off already, which is a little bit of a surprise I guess. But got one more day to try to get this thing done tomorrow.”