Rory McIlroy and the Next Narrow Defeat: “Golf Tests My Resilience”
09/23/2024 by Golf Post Editors
Rory McIlroy misses out again after a playoff thriller against Billy Horschel, this time at the flagship event of the DP World Tour in Wentworth.
Rory McIlroy with another close second at the BMW PGA Championship. (Image: getty)
09/19 – 09/22/2024
European Tour: BMW PGA Championship 2024
Wentworth Club – Virginia Water, Surrey, England
- Round 4/4
- Strokeplay
- Prize money: 9,000,000 $
- Defending champion: Ryan Fox
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Just missed is also over: Rory McIlroy’s year of missed successes continued at the DP Word Tour’s flagship tournament in Wentworth. “The game is testing my resilience right now,” said the Northern Irishman after losing the play-off at the BMW PGA Championship to Billy Horschel, who had success over the regular distance on his hands when his ball rolled just millimetres past a winning hole-out eagle on the 72nd hole.
Rory McIlroy: “I’m Playing Well”
“It’s golf and I’m playing well,” McIlroy tried to maintain a stoic attitude: ”These things just happen. The game is challenging me a bit more than it has in the past, but that’s fine. If you look at my career as a 30-year journey, this is just one year in that journey. And anyway, there have certainly been years where I’ve felt worse.” However, the 35-year-old also admitted that he had become too accustomed to disappointment. No wonder, given the missed chances at the US Open, the Olympic Games and a week ago Sunday at the Irish Open home event at Royal County Down. McIlroy: “There are still quite a few years left on my journey and sooner or later the tide will turn if I keep playing like this.” The next opportunity will come at the Dunhill Links Championship; and in any case, everything looks as if “Rors” will secure the DP World Tour Order of Merit again at the end of the season – for the sixth time.
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