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McIlroy sought Harmon's guidance after posting just one top-20 finish in five PGA Tour events this season.
Ahead of his latest bid to win the Masters, Rory McIlroy consulted Tiger Woods' former coach Butch Harmon to try to address issues in his game.
If McIlroy, ranked second in the world, wins next week's Masters, he will become the sixth player to win all four men's majors.
But with only one top 20 finish on the PGA Tour this season, the 34-year-old turned to Harmon for help.
Harmon, 80, worked with Woods on his first eight major wins before parting ways with the then-world No. 1 in 2002.
“Last week, I went to take a golf lesson with Butch Harmon,” McIlroy said on the I Can Fly podcast.
“I've seen him over the years, maybe once every few years, and I'm like, 'Hey, Butch, can I come over and take a look and see what you think?' That's what I say.”
McIlroy's longtime coach is fellow Northern Irishman Michael Bannon, but the four-time major champion has also coached Briton Pete Cowen.
McIlroy, who is based in Florida, added that while he was on his way to the airport to meet Harmon in Las Vegas, his daughter Poppy asked where he was going.
When McIlroy said he was going to golf lessons, he added, “She said, 'Dada, you already know how to play golf.' That's probably the best advice I've gotten in the last three years.” Ta.
Harmon has led Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Greg Norman to major wins.
McIlroy has failed nine times in his attempts to complete a career Grand Slam at Augusta, his best finish being second to Scottie Scheffler in 2022, and he has five other top-10 finishes.
