Rory McIlroy will have to wait until at least July 21 to get his next crack at lifting Major No. 5 after losing the US Open in agonising fashion to Bryson DeChambeau at Pinehurst.
He might wish The Open at Royal Troon was starting tomorrow, though, so he could set about banishing the demons of another heartbreaking near miss. The Northern Irishman has been close in the game’s biggest events since he won the 2014 PGA Championship but it’s unlikely any will sting with quite so much venom.
