Rory McIlroy’s choke explained by psychologist after US Open nightmare
Rory melroy’s devastating collapse in the final round of the US Open was explained by a sports psychologist Rory melroy’s mental state before his M putts may have led to his downfall at the US Open according to sports psychologist and golf performance coach John Adler speaking on the sports agents podcast Adler analyzed the northern irishman’s collapse which allowed Bryson dambo to clinch his second US Open title reports the mirror mroy 35 was tantalizingly close to his first major win in a decade at Pinehurst last week leading the American by Two Strokes with just five holes remaining however the four-time major Champions crucial misses on short putts on the 16th and 18th greens shifted the momentum to Des Shambo in an electrifying final round of the tournament after the heartbreaking second place finish mooy decided against participating in this week’s Travelers Championship despite a potential Winner’s payday of £ 3.1 million Adler shed light on what might have caused melroy’s us open meltdown Ry would have thought I can’t miss this you better not miss this that little voice in your head that’s not the problem when you think you shouldn’t be having those thoughts now I’m anxious because I’m anxious I’ve got double the anxiety he explained it’s about accepting that I’m going to be anxious accepting the thoughts when they come in but you deciding actually I’m not going to react to my worrying mind I’m going to do something I’ve practiced over and over again mroy is putting woes on the Pinehurst green elicited sympathy from fellow golfer John Ram who didn’t mince his words about the challenging conditions I think it was Smiley Kaufman who said it he severely underplayed how difficult Rory’s put on 18 was declared the 2023 Masters champion when he said it’s a left Center putt if you hit that putt left Center and miss the hole you’re off the green because of how much slope there is could see Rory aiming for at least a cup left from 3 ft they severely underplayed how difficult that part was
