{"id":430359,"date":"2026-02-17T12:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430359\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:13:12","slug":"rory-mcilroy-reveals-frustration-despite-banking-huge-sum-for-pebble-beach-exploits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430359\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy reveals frustration despite banking huge sum for Pebble Beach exploits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy has expressed frustration at four holes that proved costly during his AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am campaign, believing they denied him a genuine shot at victory.<\/p>\n

The Northern Irishman secured a share of 14th position in California, pocketing \u00a3251,234 in prize money after finishing five shots adrift of champion Collin Morikawa.<\/p>\n

Despite closing with a flawless 64 on Sunday \u2014 his strongest performance of the week \u2014 the world No 2 was left reflecting on what might have been.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old’s title defence never truly gained momentum, with a series of damaging holes undermining otherwise impressive golf throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n

McIlroy’s week was characterised by dramatic swings, with three double bogeys and a triple bogey appearing on his card alongside two eagles and numerous birdies.<\/p>\n

“I wish I could have those four holes back this week,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I played 68 really good ones and even if you turn those three doubles into bogeys and that triple into a bogey, that’s five shots and all of a sudden you’re looking at a lead.”<\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy has expressed frustration at four holes that proved costly during his AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am campaign, believing they denied him a genuine shot at victory<\/p>\n

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The lapses in concentration proved particularly frustrating given the quality of golf he produced elsewhere, including a stunning run of four birdies across five holes during his final round, followed by three more between the 11th and 14th.<\/p>\n

Despite the setbacks, McIlroy remained upbeat about the state of his game heading into this week’s action.<\/p>\n

“That’s all I felt like I needed to tidy up, because the good stuff in there is really, really good,” he said.<\/p>\n

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The four-time major champion pointed to his ball-striking as a particular source of confidence, noting that his iron play had been sharp and his driving largely reliable throughout the week.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged a couple of wayward tee shots during his third round but insisted his overall form felt solid.<\/p>\n

“All in all, some really good stuff this week and pretty encouraging going into next week, for sure,” McIlroy added.<\/p>\n

McIlroy now turns his attention to The Genesis Invitational, another Signature Event on the PGA Tour calendar where he placed tied 17th twelve months ago. <\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy endured a frustrating weekend as his hopes of retaining his title at Pebble Beach took a hit<\/p>\n

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Defending champion Ludvig Aberg will also feature in the California tournament.<\/p>\n

His compatriot Shane Lowry enjoyed a stronger week at Pebble Beach, finishing one stroke ahead of McIlroy in a six-way share of eighth place worth \u00a3377,546.<\/p>\n

Scottie Scheffler came agonisingly close to victory in a thrilling final day, with the world number one producing the first three-eagle round of his PGA Tour career en route to a 63.<\/p>\n

The result extended his extraordinary run to 18 consecutive top-10 finishes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy has expressed frustration at four holes that proved costly during his AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am campaign,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,50,2623,2331,217,101,56,54,55,154037],"class_list":{"0":"post-430359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-rory-mcilroy","11":"tag-sgg","12":"tag-sport","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom","17":"tag-us-sport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}