Memorial performance 'a step in the right direction' insists Rory McIlroy 

The Holywood man said his clubmate Tom McKibbin has a bright future ahead of him, meanwhile. 

RUNNING UP THAT HILL: Rory McIlroy follows the ball on the fourth hole during the final round of the Memorial golf tournament. Picture: AP Photo/Darron Cummings

Jack Nicklaus sought out Rory McIlroy to tel him “we have to sit down and chat sometime” after the world No 3's challenge at the Memorial crumbled with a last round 75 that included seven bogeys.

Nicklaus, who promotes the Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village, Ohio, has made it a tradition to greet the players as they come off the 18th green but his remarks in relation to the Northern Irish man were pointed.