Rory McIlroy to deal with hyperlinks golf after U.S. Open struggles

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Six-time main winner Rory McIlroy fared higher than a number of different fellow previous U.S. Open champions this week, with Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm and J.J. Spaun all lacking the minimize.

But a tough weekend saved McIlroy from difficult for the lead on the event he received 15 years in the past. He shot 73 on Sunday after posting the identical rating within the third spherical Saturday to complete at 6 over, tied for thirty second place.

McIlroy blamed his again 9 Saturday after attending to 2 underneath.

“The wheels came off,” McIlroy mentioned. “I sort of shot myself out of the tournament then.”

The 37-year-old is skipping the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship subsequent week outdoors Hartford, Connecticut, and has a special plan to organize to play within the Open Championship in July.

“I’ll be playing some links golf this week probably coming up,” McIlroy mentioned. “It’s my favorite time of the year to go back home and play, play the Open, and I get to spend a bit of time back there.”

McIlroy, who’s from Northern Ireland, received the Open Championship in 2014 and has been near a second title there a number of instances. The model of Shinnecock Hills Golf Club offered some degree of preparation for his subsequent main.

“This was not too dissimilar to an Open Championship in terms of how the golf course started to play over the weekend,” McIlroy mentioned.