Sir Nick Faldo and Wayne Riley were baffled by some of the decisions Rory McIlroy was making towards the end of his final round of the US Open, which he lost by one shot to Bryson DeChambeau

Former Ryder Cup player Andrew Coltart reflects on how Rory McIlroy can recover from his major heartbreak at the US Open and Bryson DeChambeau’s dramatic victory at Pinehurst No 2…

This one will be difficult for McIlroy. For 67 holes he was looking about as assured as I’ve ever seen him over the past 10 years, since he won those two majors in 2014. He was looking confident, doing all the right things and looked like he was finally going to get that monkey off his back.

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He’s gone on record in saying that the longer it goes on, the wait for the elusive major, it’s starting to feel like it was when he won his very first one. When he was young, he was bulletproof, and everything was coming easy to him in his career. It’s a different age and stage for him now.

For someone of his quality and his ability to admit that just shows just how tense he is feeling over these closing nine holes. Nobody wants to see anyone lose it like that.

Wayne Riley called it spot on in commentary when he questioned why he was hitting the driver off the tee at the last. It’s the most important shot of his week and potentially career-changing, but he had to find the fairway.