Rory McIlroy opens up on 'biggest barrier' in quest to end major drought

The Northern Irishman has not won a golfing large successful implicit 10 years volition coming desperately adjacent to doing past twelvemonth and missing retired successful heartbreaking fashion, opening up connected the intelligence broadside of the sport

Rory McIlroy has insinuated that helium has struggled with the intelligence aspects of golf, which mightiness person held him backmost successful his vocation successful caller years.

While undoubtedly 1 of the champion players successful the athletics and continuing to beryllium himself each and each year, McIlroy is inactive without a large title triumph since 2010 - regularly being criticised for not getting it done successful the large moments.

The Northern Irishman came truthful adjacent to ending that 10-year drought past twelvemonth earlier his heartbreaking nonaccomplishment to Bryson DeChambeau astatine the US Open, which marred different beardown 2024 season. McIlroy was successful touching region of winning the US Open, sitting 2 shots wide of the tract with conscionable 4 holes near to play, but went connected to person 3 bogeys successful the last 7 holes earlier losing by a azygous shot.

While McIlroy knows he's faced disapproval for his performances successful specified moments successful caller years, helium has openly spoken of him being his ain biggest critic. And successful a telling nonfiction that helium posted successful The Independent, McIlroy wrote that the intelligence facet of the athletics has fundamentally constricted him.

McIlroy said: "It’s ever been the intelligence broadside for me. That astir apt is the biggest obstruction betwixt maine being bully and being great. For the astir portion implicit the people of my career, I've had the carnal attributes and deed the shot agelong and been capable to bash things that possibly immoderate different guys aren't capable to do, but it's sometimes been my caput oregon my thought processes that has held maine backmost a small bit. I deliberation I'm overmuch amended equipped present to grip immoderate is thrown my way."

Unfortunately for McIlory, the 2024 US Open was not his archetypal majors meltdown with different 1 coming astatine the 2011 Masters. McIlroy came into the last circular with a four-shot lead, playing astatine an elite level passim the play earlier a triple bogey, a treble bogey, and a bogey successful 3 consecutive holes, eliminating himself from contention.

McIlroy has started the 2025 play disconnected powerfully aft an awesome show and triumph astatine AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am successful California.

The Masters remains the lone large McIlroy is yet to win, with PGA Championship victories successful 2012 and 2014 portion winning the US Open successful 2011 and The Open successful 2014.