It was another day when things went wrong for Rory McIlroy in a major, writes Tom English.
Live radio and text commentary on BBC Sport website, with video clips each day. Daily highlights programme on BBC Two from 20:00 BST.After a Tuesday media conference when Rory McIlroy met all questions of his failure in the US Open at Pinehurst and his 10-year pursuit of a fifth major with zen, once again people are simply asking - when?
Some managed it, plenty didn’t. Many stellar names among them. When McIlroy dug deep he found nothing. He reached into his back pocket to retrieve his yardage book but in the process his scorecard blew away on the Ayrshire breeze, his caddie Harry Diamond scampering forward to collect it. “But still, I felt like I was in reasonable enough shape being a couple over through nine, thinking that I could maybe get those couple shots back, try to shoot even par, something like that.”Two-over at the turn was no disgrace. Far from it.
“You have a strategy that you think is going to help you, but when you get a wind you haven't played in, you start to think about hitting a few clubs that you haven't hit in practice. I just didn't adapt well enough to the conditions. The difference between Hatton and McIlroy, though, is that the Englishman battled to a 73, five shots fewer than one of the pre-tournament favourites.
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