Analysis: Rory McIlroy has 4 majors and a major collapse. Where he goes from here shapes his legacy
Rory McIlroy had every reason to feel bitterly disappointed.
He was poised to end all those years without winning another major when he couldn’t make a birdie over the last 17 holes, couldn’t hit a fairway to even give himself a good chance, and he finished one shot behind in the U.S. Open.