‘Sooner or afterwards it really is heading to be my day’ – Rory McIlroy to preserve preventing just after slipping small at US Open up

Rory McIlroy has mentioned he requirements to stay individual and his main drought will come to an close.

For the third time this yr, McIlroy compensated the price tag for some sloppy perform that left him far too a great deal to do.

McIlroy was not down for extensive, as he was 1 of the initially to congratulate Fitzpatrick at the Place Club in Brookline.

He will get the probability to shake points off when teeing it up at the Vacationers Championship future 7 days, just before shifting his notice to St Andrews for the closing important of the yr.

The four-time key winner feels he is not much off ending a drought courting back again to 2014, and believes the critical is to preserve contending.

“The video game is there,” McIlroy stated. “I have bought a person extra start out up coming week in Hartford right before I go to the Open up Championship.

“I will get two weeks of fantastic relaxation right before the Open up and participate in some hyperlinks golf and prepare.

“My game is in good form and I have a single much more prospect to attempt and get that important.”

Questioned to sum up his ideas just after the final spherical, McIlroy reported: “It will get a while, almost certainly.

“I will glance at this as a different skipped option, just as Southern Hills was. But missed chances are much better than not contending at all, so that is a optimistic.

“I have to remain affected individual at this position as if I continue to keep placing myself in posture faster or later on it really is heading to be my working day and I am heading to get one particular.”

The ultimate significant of the 12 months receives underway at St Andrews on July 14.