Rory McIlroy admits ‘sooner or later’ he’s going to win his fifth major after finishing second at the US Open as he says he’d endure ‘100 Sundays like this’ to end nine-year wait
- Rory McIlroy finished one shot behind winner Wyndham Clark at the US Open
- The Northern Irishman last triumphed at a major tournament back in 2014
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Rory McIlroy believes it won’t be long before he ends his nine-year major drought after coming agonizingly close to doing just that on Sunday.
The Northern Irishman finished one shot behind winner Wyndham Clark at the US Open at Los Angeles Country Club on Sunday.
‘I’m getting closer,’ McIlroy said.
‘The more I keep putting myself in these positions, sooner or later it’s going to happen for me.
‘When I do finally win this next major, it’s going to be really, really sweet. I would go through 100 Sundays like this to get my hands on another major championship.’
Rory McIlroy believes it won’t be long before he ends his nine-year major drought
The Northern Irishman finished one shot behind winner Wyndham Clark at the US Open
McIlroy shot even-par 70 – one birdie, 16 pars and that single bogey – to finish his four rounds at Los Angeles Country Club at 9-under 271. His drought in the majors is now at 33 tournaments.
‘I think the putter, I’ll rue some of the chances that I missed,’ McIlroy added.
‘It was hard to get the ball really close all day. It was that and that wedge shot on 14, coming up a little short, those are the things I’ll rue today.’
He finished the day with 36 putts over 18 holes and didn’t sink a single putt over eight feet.
McIlroy finished the day with 36 putts over 18 holes and didn’t sink a single putt over eight feet
His attempt to tie things on the 18th green looked like most all of the birdie tries he had over a day in which he hit the ball as well as anyone from tee to green.
It was a 40 footer that was tracking, but drifted away at the end for a simple tap-in par.
Clark wobbled with two bogeys down the stretch. But McIlroy, his putter still ice-cold, couldn’t convert birdie tries from 22, 62, 33 or 40 feet over the last four holes.
‘I can play free, I think I proved that today,’ he said. ‘Just felt like my speed control was a little off with the putter. That’s probably why I didn’t make a birdie since the first.’
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