Rory McIlroy is in North Berwick this week to defend his Genesis Scottish Open title, but many in the golf world are still focusing on the trophy that slipped through his grasp.
Rory McIlroy has heard the criticism directed at his caddie and friend, Harry Diamond. And McIlroy isn’t having it. Diamond has been looping professionally for McIlroy since 2017, although the relationship between the two goes back to childhood, and Diamond served as best man at McIlroy’s wedding in 2018. The duo has enjoyed success in Read more…
Clad in a clean black t-shirt, a pair of jeans and one notable piece of bling, DeChambeau was seen jumping the queue at a Nashville club with the US Open trophy as his VIP pass.
To the untrained eye, it looked like McIlroy had missed a “gimme” with a US Open trophy on the line. Rahm, who was watching on the couch like the rest of us after withdrawing early in the week due to injury, believes it was anything but.
Rory McIlroy has pulled out of this week’s Travelers Championship, a $US20 million PGA Tour signature event, saying on social media that he will take time away from the game before the Genesis Scottish Open next month.
DeChambeau became the 23rd player to win multiple US Open titles, and he is the seventh player in the past 40 years to win America’s national championship twice within a five-year span.