Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

Flag hunting and he loses by a lot more in my eyes. It was the US Open not the PGA or the Masters. The pins were not gettable. When he did attack, it didn't work out for him.

His strategy didn't work out in the end. It was unlucky. Its easy to say now he should have attacked. If he did and tumbled down the leaderboard people would say he bottled it.

Absolutely, plus tbh I think his strategy did work out, it was just execution slightly let him down on ~ 3 instances i.e @ the 8th, 14th & around the turn when he was putting for birdie & Clark, the eventual winner, was putting for par, a potential 2 shot swing that lead to both scoring pars. He only needed 2 of those instances cto drop right for him & he's champion. They didn't, so execution cost him the win on ~2 shots /200, I.e. his execution was ~1% off on the greens in the final 2 days , and that was the difference!! Not much, but enough unfortunately...... and it is a work on.

P.s. However, Rory was much, much better than world no 1, Scheffler , multiple major winner Koepka, last round leader Fowler, major winner Cameron Smith and every other golfer out there. He's now getting tantalising close to winning another raft of majors imho, cos he's that good.

Scheffler’s swing and footwork looked very rough yesterday. I wouldn’t be surprised if he dropped back down the rankings a bit over time. So much can go wrong in that swing imo.

Totally agree that the 3 putt on 8 was the big error. I mean, its hard to criticise a guy who plays mostly close to perfect for 4 days in a US Open, but it just shows that at the highest levels its tiny tiny margins. One bad putt and then a bad wedge on the par 5 later and that's the difference. We'll obviously never know, but I honestly think had he got the birdie on 8 we have a different winner.

At the same time, for some reason it seemed to me on Saturday and Sunday that Clark's name was on the trophy no matter what. Just a pity he's nearly as painful as Cantlay to watch on the greens.

McIlroy now has 29 Top 10 finishes in majors , a fair achievement all the same

His presser was top notch.

"When I do win one it will be all that sweeter"

"I would take 100 of these Sundays if it means I get another Major"

"I'll play traveller's, and I'll play the Scottish open, but my mind is firmly on liverpool"

Woeful round by Rory y'day. The hole in one potentially saved him two shots so that his score equated to level par or one under at best. This on a day when so many players shredded a notoriously easy course in benign weather ...the top sixteen on the leaderboard being 99 under par and 91 players breaking par in total.

Plus he chimes in with yet another bogey 6.

He's on fire at the moment today - 7 through 12. 7 birdies and no dropped shots (hopefully I don't jinx it)

Jinxed it...

Jinxed it unfortunately....poor 9th hole...

That's twice now..

It's been flawless stuff from Bradley.

He's playing really well. Might be better to not win this week and save it for next but his wedges are looking decent. He's -3 after 8 so far today and has missed 4 putts inside 10 feet for birdie. As I said, hopefully they all drop next week.

Yes, no harm in winning I suppose but I hope he has a hot week with the putter next week after being cold today. He could have been miles ahead by now. If he plays like this and has a just above average putting performance, he'll have a great chance at the British Open.

If he'd putted half decent he'd be a mile ahead today, he had 11 birdie putts inside 15ft over the first 13 holes, that's exceptional tee to green