Rory McIlroy says he's moved on from U.S. Open collapse - ESPN

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — More than three weeks after his collapse in the final three holes of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, Rory McIlroy on Wednesday called the final round a «great day until it wasn't.»

McIlroy missed short putts on Nos. 16 and 18 to help give Bryson DeChambeau a 1-stroke victory and his second U.S. Open title after the LIV Golf League captain hit a chip shot from 55 yards away in a fairway bunker to about 4 feet and made a par putt to finish 6 under.

«I got over it pretty quickly,» McIlroy said during a news conference at the Genesis Scottish Open, where he will try to defend his title at The Renaissance Club. «The few days after it were pretty tough at times, but I feel like I've done a good job of thinking about it rationally and constructively and taking what I need from it and trying to learn from it. But like for the most part it was a great day. I keep saying to people, 'It was a great day until it wasn't.'»

McIlroy, the No. 2-ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking, had a 2-stroke lead after moving to 8 under with birdies on Nos. 9, 10, 12 and 13. But he carded bogeys on Nos. 15, 16 and 18 to fall back to 5 under. On the par-3 15th, he hit his tee shot over the green and couldn't get up and down for par.

McIlroy said he started feeling uncomfortable after hitting his first putt on No. 16. After waiting for Patrick Cantlay to putt, McIlroy hit a 2½-footer too hard and his ball lipped out. He hadn't missed a putt inside 3 feet all season.

«Like halfway down the first putt, it looked like it could be a birdie, and it ran a foot by where I thought it was going to finish,» McIlroy said. «Then I marked it, and then Patrick was hitting his putt and he can take his time. Obviously, greens