Breaking Rory McIlroy endures one of the biggest humiliations of his career days before US Open EnglishHeadline

Rory McIlroy has a full weekend to pack for the US Open after enduring some of the troublesome days of his profession on the Canadian Open on Friday.

The Masters champion shot an eight-over second spherical to overlook the reduce, ending 149th on nine-over par within the standings in Toronto, with the low level being a quadruple-bogey 8 on the par-four fifth.

He shot a 1-over 71 on Thursday and began steadily sufficient with 4 straight pars in spherical two earlier than catastrophe struck. 5 extra bogeys have been to observe, with a birdie on 15 solely providing a short second of aid.

McIlroy struggled with a brand new driver, hitting solely 4 of 14 fairways in regulation. He ranked close to the underside of the sector in strokes gained placing, as properly. 

But it surely’s the motive force that may inevitably grow to be a speaking level as he heads to Oakmont Nation Membership in Texas for the third main of the goling calendar. 

‘After all it issues me,’ McIlroy mentioned afterwards. ‘You do not wish to shoot excessive scores just like the one I did in the present day. Nonetheless, I felt like I got here right here clearly with a brand new driver considering that that form of was going to be good and remedy a few of the issues off the tee, however it did not.

‘Clearly, going to Oakmont subsequent week, what you might want to do greater than anything there’s hit fairways. Nonetheless form of trying to find the form of lacking piece off the tee.’

Rory McIlroy had one of many hardest days of his profession in spherical two of the Canadian Open

McIlroy hit an eight-over second spherical, completed 149th on +9 for the event in Toronto

Final month on the PGA Championship at Quail Hole, McIlroy ignored the media totally as a consequence of his anger that his driver had been deemed non-compliant by way of random testing.

Scottie Scheffler’s had been too, however McIlroy was indignant that his identify had come out first.  

Talking this week earlier than the Canadian Open started, McIlroy mentioned: ”I used to be a bit of p***** off as a result of I knew that Scottie’s driver had failed on Monday, however my identify was the one which was leaked. It was supposed to remain confidential.

‘Two members of the media have been those that leaked it. Once more, I did not wish to stand up there and say one thing that I regretted, both, as a result of there’s lots of people that I am attempting to guard.’

McIlroy completed tied forty seventh on the PGA at Quail Hole, a course he had received on 4 instances earlier than. Going into that event, it gave the impression to be the perfect course for McIlroy to play on in an try to construct on the Masters success that noticed him grow to be solely the sixth man within the historical past of golf with win the Grand Slam.

However since conquering Augusta, the 36-year-old McIlroy has struggled to recapture the extent of motivation he has had earlier than.

‘I will surely say that the previous few weeks—I’ve had a few weeks off—and going and grinding on the vary for 3 or 4 hours on a regular basis is perhaps a bit of more durable than it was once,’ the Northern Irishman admitted.

‘You’ve got this occasion in your life that you have labored in direction of and it occurs, generally it is onerous to seek out the motivation to get again on the horse and go once more.’