Explosiveness isn't going to win US Open - McIlroy

Rory McIlroy says he will request to "embrace patience" and play "boring" play arsenic he erstwhile again tries to extremity his drought successful nan fields astatine this week's US Open.

The Northern Irishman, victor of this title successful 2011, has grounded to adhd to his awesome tally of 4 since winning nan 2014 US PGA Championship.

"Explosiveness isn't going to triumph a US Open," said nan world number three.

"It's much methodically building your people complete nan people of 4 days and being OK pinch that. It's conscionable much of a reframing of a mindset than thing else."

McIlroy famously group 11 US Open records erstwhile he blazed to an eight-shot triumph astatine Congressional 13 years agone to triumph his first major.

But he past went done a sticky patch, missing 4 cuts retired of nan adjacent 7 astatine US Opens, including 3 connected nan trot from 2016.

However, he has improved his finishing position successful each of his past 5 US Opens - each successful nan apical 10 - culminating successful past year's runner-up decorativeness to Wyndham Clark.

"I'm much assured than ever that I'm correct there," said nan 35-year-old.

"I struggled a spot connected US Open set-ups but past I tried to fig retired why that was.

"I benignant of had a spot of a come-to-Jesus infinitesimal and my performances from 2019 person been really, really good.

"It's astir embracing nan difficult conditions, embracing nan style of play needed to contend astatine a US Open, embracing patience, embracing what I would person called 'boring' backmost successful nan day."

And obscurity is that patience and methodical attack going to beryllium much needed than astatine Pinehurst's number 2 course, which is staging nan US Open for a 4th clip and has a estimation for being 1 of nan toughest successful nan world.

American Payne Stewart holed a 15-foot par putt to triumph nan 1999 title by 1 changeable connected 1 nether par, while level par was bully capable for New Zealand's Michael Campbell to hit Tiger Woods by 2 shots successful 2005.

And though Martin Kaymer romped to an eight-shot triumph successful 2014, he was 1 of only 3 players to decorativeness nether par.

"A people for illustration this decidedly demands creativity," said McIlroy, who added that his cardinal nonsubjective earlier Thursday's opening information is to "figure retired what shots to deed astir greens".

"I've already seen immoderate videos online of group possibly trying fairway woods aliases having lob wedges aliases putters," he said.

"It's connected and astir nan greens wherever I'm going to person to do nan astir work.

"Martin [Kaymer] 10 years agone utilized nan putter very, very well."

McIlroy besides said that a small spot of luck will beryllium needed pinch sandy discarded areas and clumps of heavy unsmooth waiting for errant shots disconnected nan tee.

But he maintains "for nan spectator astatine home, that is much breathtaking than seeing guys hack retired of four-inch unsmooth each nan time" arsenic happens astir weeks connected nan PGA Tour.

"It gives you options," he said. "Even going backmost to past week astatine Memorial, group deed it offline aliases group deed a green, you're fundamentally only seeing players deed 1 shot.

"There's only 1 option. That turns into it being somewhat one-dimensional and honestly not very exciting."