A dejected Rory McIlroy was filmed leaving the US Open with out congratulating his rival Bryson DeChambeau after the American denied him a fifth main victory.
After a robust begin at Pinehurst No 2 in North Carolina, the Northern Irish golfer spectacularly collapsed on the end with bogeys on three of his last 4 holes.
Watching from the scoring room, McIlroy, 35, witnessed DeChambeau produce a outstanding 55-yard pitch from the sand to 4 toes and convert the putt on the 18th to finish a one-shot win.
McIlroy was pictured together with his fingers on his hips earlier than leaving the room and making a fast exit from the resort with out talking to media and earlier than the trophy presentation.
He stays with out a main win since his 2014 success on the PGA Championship.
It had all began so nicely for McIlroy, who made 4 birdies in a five-hole stretch across the flip to assert a two-shot lead strolling to the 14th tee.
Bryson DeChambeau celebrates after profitable the US Open. Pic: AP
However chants of “Ror-EE! Ror-EE!” quickly stopped from the gang on the sixteenth gap, the place he had his first three-putt of the week and missed.
On the 18th gap, McIlroy’s tee shot landed behind a infamous wiregrass bush. He blasted out wanting the inexperienced and pitched superbly to 4 toes the place he missed once more.
In the meantime, DeChambeau managed to tug off one of many hardest pictures in golf.
“I nonetheless cannot consider that up-and-down,” DeChambeau, 30, mentioned as he watched a replay from the video display screen throughout the trophy presentation. “In all probability one of the best shot of my life.”
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McIlroy is because of be again in motion on the Vacationers Championship, the newest of the PGA Tour’s Signature Occasions, which runs from Thursday to Sunday.
The ultimate males’s main of the 12 months is The Open, going down at Royal Troon from July 18-21, the place DeChambeau will once more be among the many pre-tournament favourites.