It might have been fitting if someone from Holywood won this year’s U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club.
But Rory McIlroy, born in the Northern Ireland town by that name, is not having that kind of year.
On Sunday, McIlroy was chasing his first major championship title in nine years, a drought that continues to shadow a luminous career that began with four major titles from 2011 to 2014.
McIlroy, like almost all of the PGA Tour’s players, felt blindsided.
But on Sunday, a buoyant, smiling McIlroy, 34, was again enthusiastically chasing another major title, in the final round of the 123rd U.S. Open.
Persons:
Holywood, Rory McIlroy, McIlroy, LIV, Wyndham Clark, Rickie Fowler
Organizations:
Los Angeles Country Club, Sunday, PGA Tour, PGA, 123rd U.S .
Locations:
U.S, Northern Ireland, Saudi