Rory McIlroy consoled by daughter Poppy after latest Sunday disappointment

McIlroy had a brilliant opportunity to win the lead occasion on the DP World Visit at Wentworth on the 72nd gap but observed in anguish as his birdie putt slid by the container.

His miss come about in a three-man playoff with Horschel and South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence after all three golfers come to 20-under standard.

Lawrence bowed out after the primary additional gap after he hit a destitute tee shot, laid up and after that found a watery grave with his third.

McIlroy and Horschel held their nerve, in spite of the fact that, each finding the middle of the glass with birdie putts interior 12 feet.

But it was Horschel, the 2021 winner, who won with a radiant hawk putt at the another.

It checked the most recent Sunday misfortune for the four-time major winner, who about won the U.S. Open in June, about won the Scottish Open in July and about won final week’s Irish Open.

“Final week was a intense one,” McIlroy told correspondents on Sunday evening, insinuating to what happened at Regal Province Down.

McIlroy said he will take off Surrey with his head held tall, having played the playoff gaps ‘perfectly’.

He included:
“But it fair appears the standard out here.

“In case you slip up fair a small bit or do not make a birdie on a vital gap, somebody is continuously holding up to require advantage of that and look, I had my chance in control.

“[I] had a very unbalanced yardage for my moment. Attempted to turn a 4-iron over. I mean, I was fortunate that it didn’t go within the water.

Billy Horschel
Billy Horschel
“[That’s ] two weeks in a push [where] I’ve played well. Fair not very well sufficient.

“But you know, [I am] cheerful with where my diversion is and upbeat where it’s trending.”

McIlroy will presently take a week off some time recently he heads to Scotland for the Alfred Dunhill Joins Championship.

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“I think the world of him”
For his portion, Horschel said he ‘felt’ for McIlroy.

The pair to begin with met each other at the 2007 Walker Container.
 “I think the world of him,” Horschel said.

“I think he’s the best player in our generation. He’s done so much for the game.

“You see the support he has here; you see the support he has around the world. He has the most crowds and supporters outside of Tiger Woods.

“He’s great I think for the game of golf. He does so many great things.”

He added: “Listen, I’m a fan of golf at heart. I do play professionally on the PGA and DP World Tour but I am a golf fan and I want to see great golf and I want to see the top players play well and win, and I know he’s been close a lot this year.

“He has not been able to get it done and you can feel for someone like that.

“I do feel for him a little bit that it was another opportunity that he wasn’t able to get it done, but at the same time, you know, to battle him head-to-head and with other guys on the last playoff hole, I wouldn’t want it any other way.”