Rory McIlroy has said he needs to stay patient and his major drought will come to an end. For the third time this year, McIlroy paid the price for some sloppy play that left him too much to do.
Ad/> As at the Masters and US PGA Championship, he charged home on the back nine only to come up short — as Matt Fitzpatrick won his first major title.
U.S. Open'Underdog' Fitzpatrick sets major target after US Open win2 HOURS AGO McIlroy was not down for long, as he was one of the first to congratulate Fitzpatrick at the Country Club in Brookline.
He will get the chance to shake things off when teeing it up at the Travelers Championship next week, before shifting his attention to St Andrews for the final major of the year.
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