McIlroy will 'learn a lot' from US Open collapse

Rory McIlroy says he will "learn a lot" from his precocious illness astatine nan US Open but insists he would not alteration excessively overmuch were he to find himself successful nan position to extremity his agelong hold for a 5th awesome title.

McIlroy led past month's US Open astatine Pinehurst by 2 pinch 5 holes to play but bogeys connected 3 of his past 4 holes allowed Bryson DeChambeau to snatch a melodramatic victory.

Speaking to reporters for nan first clip since nan US Open, nan Northern Irishman said it "was a awesome time - until it wasn't".

"I did things connected that Sunday that I hadn't been capable to do successful nan past mates of years," McIlroy said astatine nan Scottish Open.

"Took power of nan play tournament. Held putts erstwhile I needed to. Well, mostly erstwhile I needed to. Made birdies. You know, really sewage myself successful there."

McIlroy, who past won a awesome successful 2014, added: "It was a reliable day. It was a reliable fewer days aft that, obviously.

"But I deliberation arsenic you get further distant from it happening, you commencement to spot nan positives and you commencement to spot each nan bully things that you did passim nan week."

Having overhauled a three-shot shortage to DeChambeau to lead by two, McIlroy dropped shots connected nan 15th, 16th and 18th holes, missing short putts connected nan second 2 holes to decorativeness runner-up astatine nan US Open for nan 2nd twelvemonth successful a row.

Playing successful nan group successful beforehand of DeChambeau, McIlroy admitted to emotion uncomfortable during nan second stages of his information because he was "too aware" of what nan American was doing down him.

"Just nan measurement nan people flowed, it conscionable made maine very alert of what he was doing astatine nan aforesaid time. So it benignant of sewage maine retired of my ain small world a small bit," nan 35-year-old said.

"But erstwhile I look backmost connected that day, conscionable for illustration I look backmost connected immoderate of my toughest moments successful my career, I'll study a batch from it and I'll hopefully put that to bully use.

"It's thing that's been a spot of a taxable passim my career. I've been capable to return those reliable moments and move them into awesome things."