Next major title worth '100 Sundays like this' insists McIlroy after US Open disappointment
Rory McIlroy insisted he would endure the pain of another 100 near-misses as long as he finally ends his major championship drought.
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Rory McIlroy pipped again as Wyndham Clark seals first major title at US Open, Tommy Fleetwood ties for fifth
It wasn't the Hollywood ending for the man from Holywood as Rory McIlroy once again came up just short in a major, with unheralded American Wyndham Clark winning the US Open by one shot to land his first major title. It represented more heartache for McIlroy, whose nine-year wait for a fifth major goes on. Ad He was, once again, so close but yet so far as he carded a 70 to finish on nine-under at the Los Angeles Country Club, in a round that saw the Northern Irishman's putter fail to truly fire.
Wyndham Clark holds off Rory McIlroy to win US Open for first major title
American Wyndham Clark won the US Open by one shot over Rory McIlroy at Los Angeles Country Club on Sunday to claim his first major title.
Fowler falls short at US Open but leaves with spring in his step
LOS ANGELES : Rickie Fowler fell short in his bid to author one of golf's great redemption stories but the fan favourite walked away from the U.S. Open with his head held high on Sunday after breathing new life into his career.
Clark 'plays big' for late mother to claim US Open triumph
LOS ANGELES : Wyndham Clark's late mother always told him to "play big" and the American did just that at the U.S. Open to earn an emotional breakthrough victory on Sunday.
American Clark holds off McIlroy to capture maiden major at US Open
Wyndham Clark held his nerve to card an even-par 70 on Sunday to win the 123rd US Open, capturing his first major title and denying four-time major winner Rory McIlroy his first in nine years.
Wyndham Clark holds nerve to claim US Open title
American Wyndham Clark held his nerve to win his first major championship in the 123rd US Open as Rory McIlroy once again missed out on a fifth title.
McIlroy's major drought goes on after near-miss at US Open
Rory McIlroy endured familiar heartbreak on Sunday at the U.S. Open where he came tantalisingly close to ending a near nine-year major drought that once seemed almost unimaginable for one of the game's best players.