Rory McIlroy is hurting. On Sunday, McIlroy suffered yet another deflating loss at a major tournament, as he finished behind Bryson DeChambeau in the closest way possible at the 2024 U.S.
Open. McIlroy was also captured on video during the exact moment he knew that DeChambeau had bagged the title. McIlroy had control of his fate late in the final round of the U.
S. Open, but bogeys down the stretch saw him lose his lead to DeChambeau, who won the tournament by just a stroke. "The swallow.
The dropped head. This one is going to hurt Rory McIlroy for a while. And understandably so.
Hard to not feel for the guy," shared golf analyst Amanda Rose on X along with a clip of McIlroy's gut-wrenching reaction. The swallow. The dropped head.
This one is going to hurt Rory McIlroy for a while. And understandably so. Hard to not feel for the guy.
The video, of course, garnered all sorts of reactions from golf fans online. “Him and Greg Norman have a lot more in common than either like to admit,” said X user @Sugek244. Him and Greg Norman have a lot more in common than either like to admit.
“It’s easy not to feel for the guy. He ducked his media responsibilities and didn’t congratulate his victorious competitor,” shared @RealLiveAxel. It’s easy not to feel for the guy.
He ducked his media responsibilities and didn’t congratulate his victorious competitor. “He choked and lost. It was his to win.
Sorry. It happens.” He choked and lost.
It was his to win. Sorry. It happens.
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