Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

He dropped 3 shots in the last four holes. Missed 2 x 3 foot putts and selected the wrong club twice. Radar called those club selections before Rory took the shots. Rory did not play well coming down the stretch. Far from it. That Bryson won despite playing well says a lot.

Be nice for him if he does but doubtful as he hasn't won a major in a decade and this latest failure/choke/bottle job won't help him mentally

I think that would be a good idea. He didn't look great after he finished yesterday. I know he was after throwing the US Open away but he has a lot of other stuff going on and maybe its all too much for him. He could have a serious mental breakdown if he doesn't watch himself. Life is more important and he's not stuck for money.

I agree on the stubbornness costing him 10 years

No matter what now, even if he wins another major, that will all have been in spite of the last 10 years and what he has missed out on potentially.

Best idea and comment I've heard or read today

I had the hunch he was going to miss that putt on 18.

It was a little fecker of a putt. Understandable that he didn't hole it.

Didn't think he had a chance this week. Course didn't suit him and yet he played himself into contention.

71 (-1) 2015 Masters (-9, Never in contention 4th) Spieth -18

72 [+2] 2015 US OEPN Chambers Bay (E, Back door T9) Spieth -5

71 (-1) 2015 PGA Whistling Straights (-5, 17th) Day -20

70 (-2) 2016 Masters (+1, T10) Willet -5

77 [+7] 2016 US OEPN Oakmont (was a shadow of his former ultra confident self) DJ -4, MC

69 (-2) 2016 Brit Open (-4, Back door T5) Stenson -20

74 [+4] 2016 PGA Baltusrol, Walker -16, MC

72 [e] 2017 Masters (-3, Back door T7) Garcia -9

78 [+6] 2017 US OEPN Erin Hills, Koepka -16, MC

71 [+1] 2017 Brit Open (-5, Back door T4) Spieth -12

‘You’re Rory McIlroy, what the **** are you doing?’ I said, ‘Yeah’. At that point I mumbled and said, ‘Whatever.’

(Fires JP!!!)

72 [+1] 2017 PGA Quail Hollow (+1, T22 mentality and game was a shadow of itself) Thomas -8

69 (-3) 2018 Masters (-9, Crumbled in the final round T5) Reed -15

80 [+10] 2018 US OEPN Shinnecock Hills, Koepka +1, MC

69 (-2) 2018 Brit Open (-6, Never truly in contention until an Eagle on 14th. 2nd) Molinari -8

70 [e] 2018 PGA Bellerive (-2, T50) Koepka -16

73 [+1] 2019 Masters (-5, T21) Tiger -13

72 [+2] 2019 PGA Bethpage (+1, Back door T8) Koepka -8

68 (-3) 2019 US OEPN Pebble Beach (-5, T9) Woodland -13

79 [+8] 2019 Brit Open, Lowry -15, MC

70 [e] 2020 PGA Harding Park (-2, T33) Morikawa -13

67 (-3) 2020 US OEPN Winged Foot (+6, T8) DeChambeau -6

75 [+3] 2020 Masters (-11, T5) DJ -20

76 (+4) 2021 Masters, Matsuyama -10, MC

72 [e] 2021 PGA Kiawah Isl (+5, T49) Mickelson -6

69 (-2) 2021 US OEPN Torrey Pines (-1, T7) Rahm -6

70 [e] - 2021 Brit Open (E, T46) Morikawa -15

73[+1] 2022 Masters (-7, Never in contention. 2nd) Scheffler -10

65 (-5) 2022 Southern Hills (-2, Never in contention. 8th) Thomas -5

67 (-3) 2022 US OEPN Brookline (-2, T5) Fitzpatrick -6

66 (-6) 2022 Brit Open (-18, 3rd) Smith -20

72 [e] 2023 Masters, Rahm -12, MC

71 [+1] 2023 PGA Oak Hill (-2, T7) Koepka -9

65 (-5) 2023 US OEPN LACC (-9, 2nd) Clark -10

71 [e] 2023 Brit Open (-6, Back door T6) Harman -13

71 (-1) 2024 Masters (+4, T22) Scheffler -11

66 (-5) 2024 PGA Valhalla (-12, T12) Schauffele -21

65 (-5) 2024 US OEPN Pinehurst (-1, 2nd) DeChambeau -6

I've been actively rooting against him for more than 10 years. The amount of uneducated comments and cheap shots he's getting today, even from his own 'fans', makes me laugh and shake my head.

I'm now hoping he goes on to win another major! I think he'll do it to. Next year. PGA at Quail Hollow or Brit Open at Portrush.

When was the last time you seen someone who was in the clubhouse come back out to the green to congratulate the winner. Maybe if he was in the same group as him it would be disrespectful.

Any excuse to kick the lad when he is down.

Practically every major ...

Rory was brilliant for 14 holes, his only bogey on the 5th was bad luck as it should have fallen off the green into the bunker.

For me, the 7 iron on 15th was the wrong club, it landed pin high when long was dead, his putt for par was slow so anything short was going to be ok. He played 16 perfectly until that putt, I cannot believe he missed that, he has not missed a putt within 3ft this year so that was the big moment for me, the putt on the last was a really tricky one, any pace and he would have had 6ft+ coming back.

Bryson his an outrageous bunker shot as anything more than 15ft past the flag would be 3 putt territory.

Felt Rory was very unlucky with Clark last year, not sure what hole it was in the final round but it was a par 3 he missed left down a massive hill, hit a bump & run and it went in, he might still be trying a year on trying to reproduce that and then Cam Smith just putted like a freak of nature at the Open, last night he had control and should have won, gutted for him.

Ive waited a while to let the result sink in and the emotion abate a little. I can only imagine how R Mac is feeling.

The only thing ill say is its golf. Not life and death. He needs to move on from It and quickly. No point dwelling.

But lads it was a pure bottle job. Pressure and his own expectations missed those putts.

Dechambeau didnt win it. Rory won it for him.

The MOD EDIT Ease off the personal insults please didn't give away the PGA championship. he was beaten by a player who played better all through.

Rory lost the US open, it wasn't a case where he couldn't catch somebody.

Those are completely different circumstances.

You have no regrets if you give your best and it's not good enough. When you make awful errors you are sick to the pit of your stomach.

Right he was imo, poor man was devastated. He does more than enough media. Last thing he needed was some journalist asking him for his analysis of what went wrong.

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Perfect opportunity for McIlroy to take a major step back from the media anyway. I don’t think talking to them does him any good.

Ah would ya stop