Final we noticed Rory McIlroy, he was making a hasty exit out of the car parking zone after failing to win at Pinehurst No. 2.
We’ll subsequent see him in Scotland.
McIlroy withdrew from this week’s Vacationers Championship on Monday, asserting through X, previously Twitter, that he was “going to take just a few weeks away from the sport to course of every thing and construct myself again up for my protection on the Genesis Scottish Open and The Open at Royal Troon.”
McIlroy led the U.S. Open by two pictures on the again 9 Sunday earlier than making bogey on three of his ultimate 4 holes to fall one shot shy of Bryson DeChambeau. McIlroy’s closing stretch included two missed par putts inside 4 ft.
“Yesterday was a tricky day, most likely the hardest I’ve had in my almost 17 years as an expert golfer,” wrote McIlroy, who didn’t converse with media after his ultimate spherical.
“As I mirror on my week, I’ll rue just a few issues over the course of the event, largely the two missed putts on 16 and 18 on the ultimate day.”
McIlroy additionally congratulated DeChambeau and mentioned, “He’s a worthy champion and precisely what skilled golf wants proper now.”
The Vacationers Championship is a $20 million PGA Tour signature occasion and, together with fellow signature occasion the Memorial Event, sandwiched the U.S. Open. Gamers will not be required to compete in signature occasions and McIlroy was not changed within the discipline.
McIlroy gained the Scottish Open final yr on the Renaissance Membership in North Berwick, Scotland. The occasion — and McIlroy — will return there, July 11-14.
Right here is McIlroy’s Monday assertion in full:
