Rory McIlroy’s U.S. Open collapse isn’t the only thing that will be remembered from Sunday.
When discussing McIlroy’s second-place finish to Bryson DeChambeau , in which the Northern Irishman bogeyed three of the last four holes in the final round at Pinehurst No. 2, Scott Van Pelt offered a critical take on McIlroy’s abrupt departure from the North Carolina course as his majors’ drought extended to 10 years. “Now, Rory is one of my very favorite people in the sport for a lot of different reasons.
One, he’s a thinker and he answers things thoughtfully. He’s also a great champion. And today, understandably, a bitter pill, a chance to end this major list drought, and it slips away as it did,” Van Pelt said Sunday on “SportsCenter.
” Rory McIlroy leaving the clubhouse. He got into his car and drove off. pic.
twitter.com/xrUxrAWh3b McIlroy missed two short putts on 16 and 18 that essentially cost him the victory. The ESPN personality then brought up devastating losses experienced by Phil Mickelson and Greg Norman in past years, the 2006 U.
S. Open at Winged Foot and the 1996 Masters, respectively, when both melted down in more significant fashion than McIlroy but spoke afterward. “I think about this, Phil Mickelson, the [2006] U.
S. Open, hit off a beer tent on the 72nd hole at Winged Foot to lose with a double and he said afterward, ‘I’m such an idiot.’ Greg Norman melted over the course of five brutal hours at the Masters in ’96, as his seemingly ins.
