It has not been McIlroy’s week at Shinnecock Hills, with too many mistakes costing him any realistic chance of victory
Rory McIlroy let out an F-bomb as his frustrations boiled over at the US Open on Sunday.
It has not been McIlroy’s week at Shinnecock Hills, with too many mistakes costing him any realistic chance of victory.
He started the final round at three over par and ten shots behind runaway leader Wyndham Clark.
The course continued to frustrate the Masters champion as he failed to birdie the opening hole despite driving the close to the edge of the green.
McIlroy then failed to get up and down at the second, dropping a shot, before his frustrations spilled over on the third.
After finding the middle of the fairway, McIlroy had only a wedge in his hands for his approach, but pushed his second shot into a greenside bunker.
A Sky Sports microphone picked up his angry reaction.
“Oh, just go home, Rory. F****** hell!” he said.
McIlroy opened the championship with a one-under-par 69 before taking a step backwards with a second-round 71.
The Holywood man briefly played his way back into contention with an opening front nine of 33 on Saturday, but five bogeys on the back nine saw him tumble down the leaderboard.
McIlroy’s final opportunity this season to add to his major tally will come at next month’s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
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