Frustrated McIlroy counts cost of ‘wristgate’

HE may have finished with a birdie at the notoriously difficult 18th but Rory McIlroy was glad to put the PGA Championship to bed after a difficult and painful week at Atlanta Athletic Club.

The final Major of the year had started with high hopes for McIlroy to notch a second Major title to follow his US Open breakthrough success in June but expectations crashed at just the third hole in the first round as the 22-year-old sprained a tendon in his right wrist.

Now McIlroy has two weeks to rest up and heal the injury before the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre on September 1, during which time he can also be expected to be seen courtside at new tennis-star girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki’s matches on the WTA Tour.