{"id":1950273,"date":"2023-06-18T07:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T11:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golf-mcilroy-shuts-out-the-noise-to-stay-in-u-s-open-hunt\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T07:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T11:55:36","slug":"golf-mcilroy-shuts-out-the-noise-to-stay-in-u-s-open-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golf-mcilroy-shuts-out-the-noise-to-stay-in-u-s-open-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy stays focused in U.S. Open pursuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgolf-mcilroy-shuts-out-the-noise-to-stay-in-u-s-open-hunt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950273&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>McIlroy&#8217;s Determination to End Major Drought<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) \u2013 Rory McIlroy came into the U.S. Open so focused on snapping a nine-year major drought that he cancelled his pre-tournament media availability, and few could argue with the decision given he will start the final round one shot off the lead.<\/p>\n<p>By skipping out on the press conference, McIlroy managed to avoid discussing not only his barren run in the majors but also the PGA Tour\u2019s controversial deal with LIV Golf\u2019s Saudi backers, which he has already spoken about at great length.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>With a clear mind, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-publishes-bizarre-email-from-tennis-player-missing-since-accusing-official-of-rape\/\" title=\"China Publishes Bizarre 'Email' from Tennis Player Missing Since Accusing Official of Rape\">world number<\/a> three has looked plenty comfortable at Los Angeles Country Club and mostly stuck to his plan to stay patient and use other weapons in his arsenal, rather than constantly pressing matters with his driver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFelt like I played really smart, solid golf. Hit a lot of fairways, hit a lot of greens,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cSort of felt somewhat stress-free out there, if you can ever call golf at a U.S. Open stress-free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy, who celebrated the last of his four major titles at the 2014 PGA Championship, carded a one-under-par 69 on Saturday to reach nine under on the week, leaving him in third place and one shot back of co-leaders Rickie Fowler and Wyndham Clark.<\/p>\n<p>This week marks the fifth time McIlroy has opened a major championship with three rounds in the 60s. He went on to win on three of the previous four occasions.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old Northern Irishman began the third round two shots back of halfway leader Fowler and made a move early with two quick birdies before a bogey at the par-three fourth, where he missed the green, slowed his charge.<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy was cruising along with a string of pars until a bogey at the 13th, but he responded with a bounceback birdie at the 14th to get back into red figures for the round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, yeah, pretty pleased with how today went, and feel like I\u2019m in a good spot heading into tomorrow,\u201d said McIlroy.<\/p>\n<p>In the year\u2019s first two majors, McIlroy missed the cut at the Masters and then finished in a share of seventh place at the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Now McIlroy will go out in Sunday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golf-mcilroy-shuts-out-the-noise-to-stay-in-u-s-open-hunt\/\" title=\"McIlroy stays focused in U.S. Open pursuit.\">penultimate pairing alongside world number<\/a> one Scottie Scheffler, hoping to finally put an end to all the talk about when he will collect his next major title.<\/p>\n<p>While plenty confident in his ability, McIlroy admitted he was unsure what sort of boost he could take from his past major triumphs into Sunday\u2019s final round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. It\u2019s been such a long time since I\u2019ve done it,\u201d said McIlroy, who with a win on Sunday would become the 21st player with five or more major wins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going out there to try to execute a game plan, and I feel like over the last three days I\u2019ve executed that game plan really, really well, and I just need to do that for one more day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by William Mallard)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/golf-mcilroy-shuts-out-the\/attachment\/pga-u-s-open-third-round\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Other Headlines:<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&#8211; Bill Gates&#8217; Meeting with China&#8217;s Xi Jinping<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&#8211; California&#8217;s Proposal in Child Custody Disputes<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&#8211; Major Headlines in the US and Around the World<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&#8211; Los Angeles Dodgers&#8217; Salute to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&#8211; Intel Corp&#8217;s $25 Billion Investment in Israel<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&#8211; Restoration of Services on Facebook and Instagram<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&#8211; Microsoft&#8217;s Legal Fights with U.S. Antitrust Enforcers<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&#8211; Binance&#8217;s Round of Funding in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>maintain his concentration on ending his nine-year major drought. With just one shot behind the leader, his decision to cancel the pre-tournament media availability seems justified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1950274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[6645,28981,13863,11135,7238],"class_list":["post-1950273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","tag-focused","tag-mcilroy","tag-pursuit","tag-stays","tag-u-s"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}