Rory McIlroy’s anger boiled over after completely miscuing his second shot at Oakmont Country Club’s monster par-five 12th on Friday. The Northern Irishman was fighting to get back on the right side of the cut line at the supremely difficult host venue for this year’s US Open, but he could not slip into a productive rhythm and became increasingly frustrated as his second round wore on.
McIlroy has been on a worrying run of form since winning the Career Grand Slam and ending his long major drought at the Masters in April. He finished 14 shots behind winner Scottie Scheffler at the PGA Championship in May, missed the cut at the Canadian Open last week, and brought those struggles with him to Pennsylvania for the year’s third major.
The 36-year-old left himself work to do after carding an four-over-par opening-round 74 on Thursday. And things continued to trend downward as he approached his second shot on the 647-yard 12th hole on Friday.
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