Rory McIlroy’s brutal unravelling over the final four holes at Pinehurst on Sunday evoked memories of some of golf’s most famous meltdowns.
Sir Nick Faldo told Sky Sports that two short missed putts on the 16th and 18th would “haunt Rory for the rest of his life”.
The Northern Irishman missed two short putts in the closing stages of the US Open to see a first major title in 10 years agonisingly slip away.