The PGA Championship: Day 4
August 14 2011
2:40 pm McIlroy bids adieu to America for now
By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The next time Rory McIlroy will be back in the U.S., at least to play golf, is 2012 for the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.
McIlroy ended his week at the PGA Championship at 11 over after a 74 on Sunday. It was a disappointing result for the reigning U.S. Open champion, who was the favorite coming into the week but injured his right wrist on the third hole of the opening hole after hitting a tree root.
“I’m glad to be done,” McIlroy said. “It was a struggle. I basically played 70 holes of this tournament not at 100 percent, so it was always going to be tough.”
McIlroy will take the next two weeks off, during which time he’ll head to Cincinnati to watch Caroline Wozniacki play in an event there, before heading to Switzerland to play. He’ll also hold off on house hunting in the U.S. for the time being.
“There was no point in going down there for a couple of days and rushing around and trying to pick something,” said McIlroy, who has mentioned he’s likely to settle somewhere in the West Palm Beach, Fla., area as he rejoins the PGA TOUR in 2010. “I’ll see how it is, maybe rent something down there for a while and choose the area that I would like to live and go from there.”
As for his right wrist, McIlroy said the swelling has gone down and that it’s felt better every day.
“It’s definitely not as painful as it was,” McIlroy said. “But it seems like the pain went a little further up my arm and more into the inside of my elbow and pronator muscle.”
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Can’t wait to see this kid play in the future, he will be the best in the world not might be WILL BE. HAVE NOT BEEN WRONG YET !
Great of him to play out and finish. He’s my favorite player to watch right now and the future for him is certainly bright.
I love Rory. He has spunk and determination.
yeah right!!!
Rory moaned & whined about how he didn’t care for playing a tournament that weather affected play. Well, he had wonderful weather in Atlanta and played mediocre golf. So, Rory, are you now going to avoid all courses that have trees?
Funny. Tiger Woods won an Open Championship on a broken leg and had to play an extra 18 holes to win it. Poor little Rory hurts his itty bitty wrist because he pulled a DUMB STUNT and finishes at +11 in his first major after the US Open. Boo Hoo Hoo. Rory is a one and done and I am not afraid to say so. See 57 Charlie’s comment above for more of Rory’s whining.
SHENLEE -Tiger’s foolishness in insisting he play with a fracture has impacted his game going forward. He is attempting another swing change to relieve the stress on his leg and knee. His game is a mess at this stage of his career. His ball striking might improve but it was never the reason he was so successful. He was never the best ball striker he was the best putter in the world. By the way Tiger was whinning all week that he doesn’t understand his new ball flght pattern, the extra distance he is hitting it, the fact that his ball doesn’t curve as much etc. etc. Funny thing is he hit many shots that curved a lot, he had no idea where the ball was going. Jack’s record looks pretty safe, he may have won his last major, putting skills tend to decrease with age. Rory’s OK!
Only an idiot would be negative about rorys week, sure he hit a dumb shot to injure his wrist but did he cry off and give in? No, the kid has class and determination. I knew some fool would bring up tiger woods at some stage, they can’t help theirselves.
injured his right wrist on the third hole of the opening hole ???
Renlee,
you do know there’s a little tournament in the UK called the Open (note, the Open, not the British Open), which is considered a major too don’t you?
Rory’s first major since the US Open?????
hey quinny there is a first time for everything