Dan Patrick prove Rory McIlroy has made a big terriblé mistake which he will never recover from.
Rory McIlroy couldn’t hide his anguish at the US Open this week and he’s now been criticised by a prominent voice in American sports.
McIlroy made a quick getaway from the US Open after seeing Bryson DeChambeau hole the winning putt and ensure McIlroy’s ten year wait for a fifth major goes on.
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The Northern Irishman then took some down time before finally speaking out on social media last night.
McIlroy is taking a few weeks away from golf and will miss the Travelers this weekend before defending his Scottish Open title.
Of course, there’s been differing opinion on McIlroy and the way he left Pinehurst. Some have agreed with his upset, while some have suggested it was bad sportsmanship.
And going along those lines of bad sportsmanship, American sports-caster, Dan Patrick, has slammed McIlroy’s decision.
Speaking on NBC Sports about McIlroy’s decision not to speak to the media, Patrick suggested the world number two has a duty and failed to complete it by going home so quickly.
“I think he has taken on far more than he thought he was going to or should have when he became the face of the PGA Tour,” Patrick said.
“He was the name, he was the one being interviewed and being asked about the LIV Tour. You need to meet with the media. He failed with that responsibility. You owe those fans, you owe it to the TV partners, you need to be there in front of the media.
“You can say I am crushed, I don’t have much to add, I have to go home to figure this out. Whatever it is, but you have to feed the media there, as tough as it is.”
McIlroy needs a break
McIlroy has also had issues off the course in the last few weeks as well-documents reports of a split from wife Erica Stoll were reported.
However, McIlroy has now resolved that personal problem now and will have been gutted not to have won the US Open in this week of all weeks.
The comments here about missing media duties are probably correct.
But you can also fully sympathise with the 34-year-old as well. It was a devastating way to lose and in that split second moment, he probably wanted to be as far away from Pinehurst as possible.
