Rory McIlroy\u2019s forgettable U.S. Open week ended rather quietly Sunday at Shinnecock as he finished his day some two hours before the leaders.<\/p>\n
He finished 6 over par, miles from contention, after a week in which he followed good stretches of play with too many bogeys to set himself back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it won the battle over me at this point,\u2019\u2019 McIlroy said of Shinnecock. \u201cLooking back on the entire week, I\u2019ll obviously rue the back nine [Saturday]. I got myself to 2 under par for the tournament after nine and then the wheels came off and played a really bad back nine.<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy looks on at the first hole during the final round of the 126th U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Heather Khalifa for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cI sort of shot myself out of the tournament then. Obviously, I was really disappointed coming away from the course last night. You try to come out here [Sunday] positive and you try to muster up the energy to put a good one in there, but a couple of bogeys on the front nine, I was just trying to race my way to the 18th green.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
McIlroy was even par entering the weekend and shot a pair of 73s when he needed better golf.<\/p>\n
McIlroy said his next move is preparing for the British Open.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be playing some links golf this week probably coming up,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cIt\u2019s my favorite time of the year to go back home and play, play the Open, and I get to spend a bit of time back there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis [Shinnecock] was not too dissimilar to an Open Championship in terms of how the golf course started to play over the weekend, but a bit of links golf over the next couple weeks will be nice.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
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Jackson Koivun and Ryder Cowan tied for the honor as low amateur for the week, finishing 5 over. Koivun shot a final-round 68 and Cowan a 73. Miles Russell, the 17-year-old phenom, finished 7 over.<\/p>\n
\u201cShinnecock was so much fun this weekend,\u2019\u2019 Koivun said. \u201cJust happy to walk away with a birdie on the last hole. But just happy to be able to say I went out there and tried my hardest.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Koivun is about to turn pro, saying, \u201cYeah, that\u2019s a good way to go out. We\u2019re on to the next leagues now.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Asked if it changes his mindset as he enters the new phase of his career, Koivun said, \u201cNot much. Just go out there and keep enjoying it, keep having fun.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Cowan said tying for low am \u201cmeans a lot,\u2019\u2019 adding, \u201cIt\u2019s a big accomplishment for me. It gives me a lot of confidence and just that I know I can come out here and compete with the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amateur Jackson Koivun of the United States plays a shot from the ninth tee during the third round of the 126th U.S. OPEN at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on June 20, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Russell, the youngest player in the field who looks even younger than 17, described his U.S. Open experience as \u201ca pretty special week.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cJust to be here was really special, and to make the cut was kind of bonus points,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t quite have my best stuff the last two days, but still really cool. Just a great experience.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Russell had his father on his bag for the week, making Father\u2019s Day even more special.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty cool just there walking up 18 [with him],\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cIt was kind of a fun Father\u2019s Day gift. Hopefully, it\u2019s something he\u2019ll remember for a long time.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
What a wild week for Keith Mitchell, one of the player favorites on the PGA Tour and nicknamed \u201cCashmere Keith\u2019\u2019 for his snappy attire.<\/p>\n
He began his week with a double bogey on his first hole of the tournament and shot 41 on his first nine holes. He rallied with a 29 on his back nine Thursday and remained in contention right through Sunday, finishing even par and tied for fourth.<\/p>\n
That gets him into the 2027 U.S. Open.<\/p>\n
Englishman Tyrrell Hatton tied Joaquin Niemann as the low LIV Golf player for the week, finishing 1 over after shooting 67 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a pretty solid round of golf,\u2019\u2019 Hatton said. \u201cThe conditions with the wind favorable was certainly a more enjoyable experience than the first three days. I was happy to go out and play a pretty decent round of golf.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
When he got off the course, Hatton said he\u2019d be scoreboard watching hoping he\u2019d remain in the top 10, which would earn him a spot in next year\u2019s U.S. Open. He did, finishing tied for seventh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy\u2019s forgettable U.S. Open week ended rather quietly Sunday at Shinnecock as he finished his day some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,6082,301650,99,23234],"class_list":["post-720607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-shinnecock-hills","tag-sports","tag-us-open-golf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}