US Open: Rory McIlroy on course for fifth major at Pinehurst, according to recent trends
- Northern Irish world No 3, who has not won a major since 2014, has improved at the US Open each year and is confident this could be his week
Rory McIlroy has improved his finish at every US Open since 2019, and if he does that again this week at Pinehurst, he will take home his fifth major title.
World no 3 McIlroy, who has not won a major since the 2014 PGA Championship, has 20 top-10 major results since that decade-old triumph and is confident this could be his week.
“Getting my hands on a fifth major has taken quite a while, but I’m more confident than ever that I’m right there, that I’m as close as I’ve ever been,” McIlroy said.
“I feel like all aspects of my game are in pretty good shape at the minute.”
McIlroy, the 2011 US Open winner, missed the US Open cut three years in a row from 2016 to 2018 before changing his outlook on how he played an event known for dense rough, fast greens and difficult set-ups.
“I sort of had a bit of a, I guess, come-to-Jesus moment after that, tried to really figure out why that was,” McIlroy said. “Then my performances from 2019 and after that have been really good.”
