McIlroy out to clinch US Open title


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2020 US Open 

US PGA Tour

Japan Golf Tour
European Tour   
Winged Foot Golf Club 
Mamaroneck, New York, USA 
17-20 September 2020 
 
Rory McIlroy will be hoping to end his long wait for another golf major by winning the US Open title this week (17-20 September).
 
The Northern Irish golfer has failed to win a golf major since clinching the 2014 PGA Championship which was his fourth major title. 
 
However, McIlroy remains amongst the best golfers on the planet and he is currently placed fourth on the Official World Golf Rankings. 
 
Jason Day in action
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McIlroy clinched his first and only US Open title in 2011 with his 8-stroke margin of victory over 2nd-place finisher Jason Day.
 
The Holywood-born golfer set several records in his win, most notably, his 72-hole aggregate score of 268 (16-under) was a new US Open record. 
 
The 268 aggregate beat the previous record of 272 held by Jack Nicklaus (Baltusrol, 1980), Lee Janzen (Baltusrol, 1993), Tiger Woods (Pebble Beach, 2000), and Jim Furyk (Olympia Fields, 2003).
 
While the 16-under in relation to par beat Woods' 12 under at Pebble Beach Golf Links in 2000.
 
Tiger Woods in action 
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McIlroy, who along with Nicklaus and Woods, he is one of three players to win four majors by the age of 25, has reflected on his successful career ahead of the US Open 
 
“If I can’t be content and happy right now, I don’t think I’ll ever be,” McIlroy said.
 
“It’s awesome. It’s the best part of life. I sometimes think everything that has happened to me on the golf course 
 
"And off the golf course has already been beyond my wildest dreams, and sometimes I have to sort of pinch myself and sort of ask, ‘Why me? Why am I so lucky?'” 
 
The 2020 US Open offers a $12.5 million purse with a winner's share of $2.25 million.
 

Last five US Open winners

 
2015 - Jordan Spieth- USA 
2016 - Dustin Johnson - USA 
2017 - Brooks Koepka - USA 
2018 - Brooks Koepka - USA
2019 - Gary Woodland - USA 


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Published: 09/17/2020