{"id":499824,"date":"2026-02-24T00:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499824\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T00:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:06:09","slug":"rory-mcilroy-makes-feelings-clear-after-falling-agonisingly-short-of-american-rookie-as-genesis-invitational-prize-money-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499824\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy makes feelings clear after falling agonisingly short of American rookie as Genesis Invitational prize money revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy has made his feelings clear after falling agonisingly short at the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles, finishing a single stroke behind champion Jacob Bridgeman.<\/p>\n

The Northern Irishman conceded that his spirited fightback ultimately was not enough to overtake the American.<\/p>\n

McIlroy had been sitting at level par through the tournament’s midway point before mounting a dramatic charge on the final back nine.<\/p>\n

His late rally saw him climb within touching distance of victory, but Bridgeman held firm to claim the title.<\/p>\n

McIlroy said: \u201cI\u2019ll rue basically all 18 holes yesterday and then the front nine today, like 27 holes where I failed to capitalise on the chances I gave myself.<\/p>\n

“Once I started to trust my reads a bit on the back nine and I went more with my first instinct, I putted a little bit better.<\/p>\n

“I was reading too much into them, and then I\u2019d see Jacob\u2019s putt from the other side do something, I was like, \u2018oh, that looked like it went more left than he thought it would\u2019, so I\u2019m sort of factoring that in.<\/p>\n

“I was almost just giving them too much thought and not going with my first instinct and that sort of cost me.”<\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy has made his feelings clear after falling agonisingly short at the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles<\/p>\n

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It was an improvement from last week when McIlroy finished tied for 14th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.<\/p>\n

He slipped out of contention following triple and double bogeys in the third round.<\/p>\n

McIlroy added: \u201cIf you look at how I played last week, the birdies that I made – yeah, OK, I made a few big numbers but I was able to cut those big numbers out this week.<\/p>\n

“I think I only had three bogeys for the week.” <\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy conceded that his spirited fightback ultimately was not enough to overtake the American<\/p>\n

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He added: I feel like my game\u2019s in really good shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacob Bridgeman secured his maiden PGA Tour triumph, whilst McIlroy was left to rue what might have been.<\/p>\n

McIlroy produced a superb closing round of 67, firing four birdies across the inward nine holes to apply maximum pressure on the leader.<\/p>\n

Bridgeman, meanwhile, struggled to a nervous 72 as his advantage dwindled throughout the afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy had been sitting at level par through the tournament’s midway point before mounting a dramatic charge on the final back nine<\/p>\n

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Despite the wobble, the American managed to steady himself when it mattered most, holing a crucial par putt on the 18th green.<\/p>\n

His winning total of 18 under par proved just enough to hold off both McIlroy and fellow American Kurt Kitayama, who also finished tied for second place.<\/p>\n

The victory marked Bridgeman’s breakthrough moment on the PGA Tour and secured the rookie with a nearly \u00a33million pay check.<\/p>\n

McIlroy went home with a hefty paycheque of just over \u00a31.3million.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s Tommy Fleetwood also shot a four-under 67 to secure a top-10 finish, while Marco Penge finished on 10 under after a final round of 70.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy has made his feelings clear after falling agonisingly short at the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,756,588,85],"class_list":["post-499824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}