US Open 2024: How Rory McIlroy will likely be haunted by dropping out to Bryson DeChambeau at Pinehurst No 2 | Golf Information

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Sir Nick Faldo fears that Rory McIlroy’s US Open heartbreak might hang-out him for the remainder of his profession after blowing an excellent alternative to assert an elusive fifth main title.

McIlroy was in prime place to finish his decade-long main drought when he charged up the leaderboard on the ultimate day at Pinehurst No 2, with 4 birdies in a five-hole stretch taking him two away from in a single day chief Bryson DeChambeau with 5 holes to play.

The Northern Irishman missed at putt from inside three toes on the par-three fifteenth, having transformed all 496 earlier efforts from that distance this season, though he nonetheless held a share of the lead heading to the par-four final regardless of additionally bogeying the sixteenth.

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A glance again on the large misses that value Rory McIlroy a primary main in 10 years on a dramatic last day of the US Open.

McIlroy then missed one other putt from lower than 4 toes on the 18th to fall again to 5 underneath, as DeChambeau produced a shocking 55-yard bunker shot to arrange a close-range par and declare a outstanding one-shot victory.

The previous world No 1 declined the converse to the media after his second successive US Open runner-up end, leaving the course inside minutes of DeChambeau’s win, whereas Faldo – commentating for Sky Sports activities – stated: “That is going to hang-out Rory for the remainder of his life, these two misses.

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The story of Rory McIlroy’s dramatic last spherical which descended into heartbreak with three bogeys in his final 4 holes.

“It was an unbelievable finish. That was a four of all fours to finish from Bryson and the celebration of all celebrations! Rory will be broken-hearted, so I feel for him. He’s going to be gutted, absolutely gutted.”

How ‘disappointment’ might harm McIlroy

McIlroy has now posted six consecutive top-10 finishes within the US Open with out successful and has 21 main top-10s since his 2014 PGA Championship success, with Dame Laura Davies – a four-time main champion – questioning the influence his newest near-miss might have.

“It was one of the all-time great up-and-downs from DeChambeau to win a major championship, but it’s a bitter disappointment for Rory,” Davies stated. “He [McIlroy] had it in the bag.

“It wasn’t unhealthy golf, he missed a couple of putts – and that will likely be a bitter capsule for him to swallow. He most likely hit the fallacious membership into 15, that began the issues. The miss at 16 was inexplicable, then the one at 18 I do not suppose was essentially a nasty putt.

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Rory McIlroy misplaced his US Open lead when he missed one other close-range putt for par on the 72nd gap

“It shows just how hard it is to win a golf tournament, let alone the US Open – probably the hardest test they’ve had for many a year. Sometimes it just doesn’t go your way at the end. Will it hurt him? It really could do. It’s such a disappointing loss.

“He’ll be remembered for the 2 putts, however he performed some unbelievable golf to get to 4 underneath at one stage. He can take coronary heart from the very fact he put himself into place once more. He’ll win one, we all know he’ll in some unspecified time in the future, however this will likely be laborious for him to take.”

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Highlights from the ultimate spherical of the US Open at Pinehurst No 2, the place Bryson DeChambeau claimed a dramatic victory.

Radar: Fifth main ‘slipped by the fingers’

McIlroy got here into the ultimate day three off the lead and combined 5 birdies with 4 bogeys throughout his final-round 69, which contained a number of spectacular up and downs to save lots of par earlier than his string of dropped pictures over the closing stretch.

“He [McIlroy] just wasn’t up to it today,” Sky Sports activities’ Wayne ‘Radar’ Riley stated. “He missed two short putts and you should be holing them. There was nothing wrong the greens – they are very fast, but it surprises everyone that he missed those.

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, reacts after missing a putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament Sunday, June 16, 2024, in Pinehurst, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Rory McIlroy’s watch for a fifth main title continues after one other runner-up end on the US Open

“He has been there and done it before, won all sorts of championships, but today I thought he would get over the line. That was sad to watch. This is just one of those ones where it’s going to hurt.

“McIlroy has been in some conditions earlier than – he has been upset earlier than and bounced straight again. He is a tricky cookie and you do not get to the place you might be, the perfect golfer on the planet for nevertheless lengthy, however main No 5 was there and it slipped by his fingers.

“We thought Rory was going to win it but it wasn’t to be… and let’s face it, Bryson, the whole week has been the star of the show here. He’s been so popular, box-office at times and a worthy champion. I was expecting a play-off but it wasn’t to be and Bryson won.

DeChambeau: McIlroy will be fuelled by major failure

DeChambeau becomes the first player to win multiple US Open titles since fellow LIV Golf League member Brooks Koepka defended the trophy in 2018, although has backed McIlroy to bounce back and add to his major tally.

“He [McIlroy] is among the greatest to ever play,” DeChambeau said in his post-round press conference. “With the ability to struggle towards an awesome like that’s fairly particular. For him to overlook that putt, I would by no means want it on anyone. It simply occurred to play out that manner.

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Bryson DeChambeau displays on a dramatic US Open victory and the journey he has been on – each on and off the course – to earn a second main title.

“He’ll win multiple more major championships. There’s no doubt. I think that fire in him is going to continue to grow. I have nothing but respect for how he plays the game of golf.

“I am positive it is going to gasoline Rory’s hearth much more. He is a strong-minded particular person. Rory goes to do it. I would like to have much more battles with him. It will be numerous enjoyable.”


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What’s subsequent for McIlroy?

McIlroy is because of make an instantaneous return to motion on the Vacationers Championship, the most recent of the PGA Tour’s Signature Occasions and dwell from Thursday on Sky Sports activities, earlier than taking two weeks off forward of his Genesis Scottish Open title defence.

The 35-year-old then keep in Scotland for The Open at Royal Troon from July 18-21, the place McIlroy will look to keep away from taking his main drought into an 11 season. Stream the PGA Tour, majors and extra with NOW.

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