RORY MCILROY couldn’t hold back his frustrations as he fell apart during his final round at the US Open.
The Northern Irish clubber was fighting back from a less than ideal three over par heading into the final day of action in the US, giving himself quite the mountain to climb to remain close to competitive.
But by the third hole at Shinnecock Hills in Long Island, things were already coming apart for the World No3.
McIlroy, who helped team Europe storm to victory in the Ryder just an hour’s drive away nine months ago, vented his frustrations with an expletive-laden self- deprecating rant after a shot went awry.
He had already bogeyed on the second hole, to make his task that little bit harder, but it was the following par four that proved to be the tipping point.
The 37-year-old’s shot from the centre of the fairway agonisingly rolled off the green and into a massive bunker, stunting his chance to carve into his deficit.
As soon as he struck the ball he exclaimed: “Ohh don’t fat it though.”
And as he watched it roll wayward, he followed up to say: “Urgh just go home Rory, f****** hell.”
By the time he bogeyed yet again on the fifth hole he was left six over par overall, and was more focused on finishing the round and getting away from the course than anything else.
The meltdown was particularly frustrating thanks to the positive position the sporting icon had carved out the round prior.
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By the eighth hole of the third round, McIlroy was actually two under par, and competing for a second major title of the year.
But five bogeys on the back nine left him scrambling at three-over, with his eventual score of six-over being his worst at the competition since it was last held at Shinnecock eight years ago.
A calmer McIlroy explained his thinking after the disappointing result to BBC following the day’s action.
When asked about his battle on the course, he replied: “I think it won the battle over me at this point.
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“Looking back on the entire week I’ll obviously rue the back nine (on Saturday), I got myself to two under par and then the wheels came off, played a really bad back nine and sort of shot myself out of the tournament.
“I was really disappointed coming away from the course last night, you try to come out here positively and try to muster up the energy to put a good one in there, but a couple of bogeys on the front nine and I was just trying to race my way to the 18th green.”
It was eventually American Wyndham Clark who took the glory, winning the tournament for his second time with four-under par, despite shooting three-over in the final round.
Britain’s best was Tyrrell Hatton, whose one-over was good enough for joint seventh.
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