Rory McIlroy plans to bounce back quickly from US Open heartbreak at Scottish Open and The Open
Rory McIlroy remains without a major win since his 2014 PGA Championship success after finishing second at the US Open; McIlroy returns to action at the Genesis Scottish Open ahead of The Open, both live on Sky Sports Golf Rory McIlroy admits he got over last month’s US Open disappointment ‘pretty quickly’ and says he appreciates the support he’s been given sinceRory McIlroy is confident of bouncing back from his major heartbreak and says he will learn a lot from narrowly missing out on US Open victory last month.McIlroy briefly held a two-shot lead with five holes to play at Pinehurst No 2 but bogeyed three of the last four, missing two putts from inside four feet to allow Bryson DeChambeau to snatch a one-shot victory.The runner-up finish was his second in as many years at a US Open and 21st top-10 in majors since his last success at the 2014 PGA Championship, with McIlroy keen to take positives from disappointment going into his Genesis Scottish Open title defence and The Open next week at Royal Troon.Why Rory McIlroy should keep believing ahead of returnRory McIlroy’s near-misses in majors since 2014Stream PGA Tour, DP World Tour, majors and more with NOW back on some of my toughest moments in my career,” McIlroy said in his press conference ahead of his title defence at the Genesis Scottish Open, live on Sky Sports. “I’ll learn a lot from it and I’ll hopefully put that to good use.”It’s something that’s been a bit of a theme throughout my career. I’ve been able to take those tough moments and turn them into great things not very long after that.”McIlroy made a bogey-free start at the US Open and followed his opening-round 65 with rounds of 72 and 69 to get within three strokes of DeChambeau going into the final day, where he made four birdies in a five-hole stretch before finishing second after the expensive finish.Rory McIlroy watches on heartbroken as Bryson DeChambeau putts to win the US Open”I think the way I’ve described Pinehurst on Sunday was like it was a great day until it wasn’t,” McIlroy explained. “I did things on that Sunday that I haven’t been able to do in the last couple years.
