Rory McIlroy shot a 3-under 68 Sunday to climb into the top 20 of this week's Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club, and he thinks he played better than his final finishing position.McIlroy ultimately wound up tied for 20th at 3 under. He recorded two top-3 finishes to start the year on the European Tour, but has failed to replicate that success in his two PGA Tour starts in 2018.

Despite the worse finishes in the States, McIlroy was encouraged with his game this week."I feel like the position that I finished didn’t quite reflect how I played," McIlroy said after his final round, via golfchannel.com. "I feel like I played better than finishing whatever it is, 25th or whatever it’s going to be. I feel good about my game, just need to sharpen up a couple little areas here and there. But for the most part it’s been OK."

Still looking for his first major championship win since 2014, McIlroy heads to Florida next week to play the Honda Classic, an event he's won and lost in a playoff. In April, McIlroy will head to Augusta National to try and finish his career grand slam.

"It was nice to play sort of early the last couple days, the greens didn’t get too crusty or too bumpy. I felt like even coming down the last few holes there, they were still good surfaces," McIlroy said. "Nice to get back onto Bermuda and surfaces being a little truer than what we’ve experienced the last couple weeks." McIlroy has three top-3 finishes in his last six starts worldwide, but he hasn't won a tournament since the 2016 Tour Championship.