Rory McIlroy has delivered Olympic Games officials a much-needed mosquito repellent in declaring he looks almost certain now to tee up in the Rio Olympic Games.

McIlroy had mentioned a day after winning the recent Irish Open he was considering withdrawing from the Olympics due to his fears over the Zika virus.

However on the eve of the Memorial the World No. 3 revealed he has been speaking with health experts and his fears have been calmed,

“I’m ready to play and I feel like the advice I’ve sought out over the past 10 days has put my mind at ease and makes me more comfortable going down there knowing that, even if I do contract Zika, it’s not the end of the world,” he said.

Rory McIlroy says he’s now certain to partake in the Rio Olympics.

“It takes six months to pass through your system and you’re fine.

“You can get tested for it, and it’s either a yes or a no you’ve had it.  It’s a virus. It works its way out of your system, and you become immune to it.”

But then McIlroy added he’s not 100% certain if golf should even be in the Olympics.

“I can’t tell you know how it’s going to grow the game and all, but people will watch it on TV, and whether they see it and say, okay, I want to have a go at that, I want to try that. … If parents want to get their kids into it from a certainly country because they want them to be Olympic champions, that remains to be seen, but you’re going to get golf fans watching down there just like you do at any other golf event.”

McIlroy’s news will be good for likely Olympic team-mate Shane Lowry who has also been researching and speaking with specialists about whether or not, as a newly-married man’, he should also travel to Rio.