Rory McIlroy is confident he can turn his season around by claiming a third U.S. PGA Championship title in the space of five years.McIlroy won the Irish Open in May and has recorded eight other top-10 finishes in strokeplay events in 2016, but failed to add to his tally of four major titles in the Masters, U.S. Open and the Open.The 28-year-old opted for neutral when asked to describe his 2016 campaign in one word, but feels he can find top gear once more at Baltusrol, especially after Mondays thunderstorm recalled the soft conditions which prevailed for his breakthrough U.S. Open victory at Congressional in 2011.Its a fair golf course, everything is straight out in front of you, said McIlroy, who won the U.S. PGA in 2012 and 2014 and has recorded three other top-eight finishes in his seven appearances.Theres no real hidden secrets to it and I feel thats what really lets me excel. I feel like I can play my game in PGA Championships. I can hit driver off the tee most times and from there, if I drive it well, I feel like I have a big advantage.Theres been times [this year] where I got a little bit of momentum and then sort of got set back a little bit. Its sort of been a little stop-start in a way. Im trying to stay as positive as I can. I feel like I am positive because my game is in good shape, but I guess Im just maybe running out of patience a little bit in trying to make it happen.As for a grade, Id say like a B- maybe. I could change that into an A+ on Sunday. Theres a lot of golf left, last major of the year, and I want to give it my all to get in the mix and try to win another one of these things before I have to wait another eight months to try to get another opportunity at Augusta next year.If McIlroy does not lift the enormous Wanamaker Trophy again on Sunday it will mean going two full years without a major title, the world No.4 having won the Open and U.S. PGA in 2014, with a first World Golf Championship title sandwiched in between for good measure.Since then the likes of Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson, Jason Day, Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson have demonstrated the strength in depth of world golf by winning majors, but McIlroy believes he should still expect to be winning one a year himself.Id love to sit here and say Im going to win a major every year, he added. I could retire at 40 and be very happy.I think it is realistic, I really do. Weve seen in the past that is achievable. Thats the benchmark. Its hard but I guess from 2011-14 I averaged a major a year.Theres no reason to think that I cant do that for the foreseeable future. I have to play my best golf and sometimes its hard to come up with your best golf each and every week. I definitely think its attainable.McIlroy has finished third and fifth in his two events since missing the cut in the U.S. Open and admits he was motivated by being left trailing an amazing 16 shots behind Open champion Stenson at Royal Troon.I think any time you walk away from a big tournament and you havent lifted a trophy, its going to motivate you, McIlroy added.How can you not be motivated by watching that golf on the Sunday of the Open Championship with Phil [Mickelson] and Henrik? Just going blow for blow down the stretch, that can only give you motivation and get the juices flowing.You see guys and sometimes you think that should be me and it gives you a bit of a kick in the ass to get out there and go practice.McIlroy also has added motivation to get into contention and earn a late tee time for Sundays final round, revealing he has tickets to watch fellow Northern Irishman Carl Framptons world title boxing fight on Saturday.If everything goes to plan I will be able to get to the Barclays Centre [in nearby New York] to cheer him on, McIlroy added. Ive never been to one of his fights before so hopefully Ill have a late tee time on Sunday. Alex Smith Youth Jersey . With the first unit struggling of late and Amir Johnson - one of the teams iron men - hobbling on an injured right ankle, Patterson knew he could get the nod in a challenging matchup against one of the leagues up and coming players at his position. 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PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Arizona Diamondbacks got off to a strong start and Wade Miley made sure their early lead stood up. Miley pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning and Eric Chavez drove in three runs, leading the Diamondbacks to a 7-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Paul Goldschmidt hit his 24th homer, scored three runs and reached base four times. Cody Ross had three straight hits and drove in two runs as Arizona broke a three-game losing streak. It was Arizonas largest shutout win on the road since an 11-0 victory at San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2009. "Its just refreshing for us," Chavez said. "We were struggling offensively, so it was really good to get off to a good start like that." Hits by Martin Prado, Aaron Hill and Ross had produced two runs in the first inning. The stage was set when Hill barely beat out an infield single to load the bases, keeping the inning alive for Ross two-run single. "The way the game began took a little bit out of us and we never really recovered," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "We scored two in the first inning, two more in the third. Thats huge," Miley said. "You get some support and you just want to go out and get the offence back in the box as soon as possible." Arizona outhit the Rays 14-3. Every Diamondbacks starter except Cliff Pennington had at least one hit. Ben Zobrist got two hits for Tampa Bay, which despite the loss finished its best month ever at 21-5. "I really cant get too upset," Maddon said. "Its been a pretty good July, one of the funnest Julys Ive ever participated in. They outplayed us tonight." Miley (8-8) won for the fourth time in five starts. He struck out eight in 6 1-3 innings and walked five. Miley has made 11 straight starts of giving up three earned runs or fewer. "He had good stuff. He knows how to pitch," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said after the Diaamondbacks seventh shutout of the season.dddddddddddd "He got into some situations and got himself out of those, made good pitches. "He goes through times when he kind of gets out of it a little bit, but hes a guy that always seems to regain it and find it. Hes got a good run for us now. He gave us a big performance tonight. It was a good win." Jeremy Hellickson (10-4) gave up four runs and seven hits in 4 1-3 innings, the shortest Rays start since Alex Colome also went 4 1-3 innings on June 22. Arizona added single runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth against three different relievers. Miley descried his outing as "kind of erratic. Id get ahead of a couple of guys, get behind a couple of guys, but I was able to make a pretty good pitch when I needed to, so it kind of got me out of some jams. And once again, Wil (Nieves) did a great job of knowing when to go to pitches and just kind of feel me out and stick with me the whole game. The defence played good. We scored a bunch of runs." His biggest complaint was the baseballs. "They didnt really feel rubbed up too well, so I kind of changed the grip a little bit on my sinker, just to get a feel for it," he said. "It was just slipping a little bit. It just felt like a brand new baseball, but youve got to deal with that sometimes." NOTES: LHP Joe Thatcher, acquired by Arizona earlier in the day in a trade that sent pitcher Ian Kennedy to San Diego, will join the Diamondbacks in Texas on Thursday. ... Arizona RHP Zeke Spruill will get his first major league start Thursday against the Rangers. ... The Diamondbacks improved to 4-4 in interleague play. ... Rays rookie Wil Myers extended his hitting streak to 12 games. ... With LHP Matt Moore moving to the 15-day disabled list, the Rays will start Chris Archer, David Price and Roberto Hernandez in their weekend series at home against the San Francisco Giants. ' ' '