As Rory McIlroy hunts down extra main championship glory at Shinnecock Hills, we check out his finest performances within the US Open.
America’s nationwide championship is, after all, historically the hardest of all of the majors.
McIlroy has received it as soon as and has an outstanding latest report. Actually, six of his final seven begins have reaped prime 10 finishes.
However how do his efforts rank? Let’s discover out.
1. 2011 – victory
2011 had been a wierd 12 months for the Northern Irishman.
He’d led the Dubai Desert Traditional by way of 54 holes and completed T10. He’d led the Malaysian Open by way of 36 holes and completed third. He’d grabbed the primary spherical lead within the Memorial and completed fifth.
Most famously of all he’d led the Masters by 4 by way of 54 holes – and he nonetheless led when stood on the tenth tee within the closing spherical.
Then he hooked his drive into cabins no-one really knew existed earlier than then, collapsed thereafter and there have been worries he was a scarred man.
Cue the US Open at Congressional, his very subsequent begin within the majors. He led by three photographs after 18 holes. By six after 36 holes. And by eight after 54 holes.
He couldn’t screw this one up, might he? No. A primary main championship win and he was away.
2. 2024 – closing gap agony
2024 was peak McIlroy-trying-to-end-the-major-drought.
As a result of he was taking part in good golf at Pinehurst. He tied the primary spherical lead. He drifted on Friday. He rebounded to T2 on Saturday. After which he closed in on the very long time chief Bryson DeChambeau throughout Sunday’s spherical.
Three photographs behind firstly of play, he led by the center of the again 9, however each he and DeChambeau struggled on the shut.
Nonetheless, DeChambeau stood tall on the robust 18th and McIlroy wilted, lacking a tiddler to power a play off.
3. 2023 – pipped on the put up
LA Nation Membership was a unusual venue in 2023 however McIlroy took to it.
He prowled the very long time leaders Wyndham Clark and Rickie Fowler and when he opened the ultimate spherical with a birdie he was just one stroke again of them.
Fowler then wilted, Clark stood tall, and McIlroy simply couldn’t discover the birdies to use stress.
He completed second, two photographs away from Scottie Scheffler in third, however Clark beat him by one.
4. 2022 – wilting on the weekend
At The Nation Membership in Brookline in 2022 McIlroy opened with a 67 to sit down one again of the leaders, and he added a 69 to stay one stroke off prime spot.
A 73 on Saturday wasn’t catastrophic – he slipped three photographs again – and a birdie on the first had him inside two.
However Matt Fitzpatrick stood tall and McIlroy might solely end T5.
5. 2020 – Mr Inconsistency
Bryson DeChambeau has toppled McIlroy twice at a US Open.
At Winged Foot in 2020, McIlroy opened with a 67 to sit down two photographs off the tempo. However then a Friday 76 noticed him tumble backwards whereas DeChambeau eased into second place.
McIlroy climbed to seventh after 54 holes with a Saturday 68 however a Sunday 75 ruined his week’s efforts.
DeChambeau closed 70-67 to win his first main by six strokes. McIlroy’s wild rounds damage him.
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