Falling short, but Rory McIlroy accentuates the positives

“I feel way more comfortable with what I'm doing way out on the course, especially in a situation like this.” 

JUST SHORT: Rory McIlroy reacts to a missed birdie putt on the ninth during the final round of the US Open at Torrey Pines. Picture: AP

LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA – There are a number of players who will walk away from the U.S. Open disheartened by a major opportunity that got away from them in a hail of bogeys and doubles down the stretch at Torrey Pines, but Rory McIlroy is not one of them.

Despite a bogey-double bogey combo on 11 and 12 that all but ended his chances of ending a seven-year major drought, McIlroy accentuated only the positives of his seventh-place experience at Torrey Pines.