Rory McIlroy misses two putts inside 4 feet at U.S. Open, extends major drought

Sunday’s downturn began at the gnarly par-3 15th, as McIlroy’s tee shot went long of the green; he chipped to 31 feet past the hole and two-putted for bogey. Then came the true heartbreak moments on the par-4 16th (three-putt bogey from 25 feet, as his par putt spun out from 2 feet, 11 inches) and par-4 18th, where he missed his tee shot into wiregrass left of the fairway, hacked out to just off the front of the green, chipped to just past the hole and lipped out from 3 feet, 9 inches.