Rory McIlroy on his tearful Ryder Cup week? "What I said was all true"
Rory McIlroy opened up on his tears at the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits before the 2023 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
Rory McIlroy opened up on his Whistling Straits tears as he revealed he's desperate for the forthcoming Ryder Cup to reunite men's professional golf after more than a year of unprecedented disruption.
McIlroy will play in his seventh Ryder Cup in a few weeks' time and is hoping to right the wrongs of the 2021 Cup in Sheboygan.
In that contest he was dropped for the very first time by then skipper Padraig Harrington.
He felt like he didn't contribute the way he could have and perhaps should have, ultimately breaking down in tears after he defeated Xander Schauffele 3&2 in the singles.
It wasn't the first time McIlroy was reduced to an emotional wreck in the competition, he said.
McIlroy told media before the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth he was just as emotional after Team USA rallied from a 10-6 deficit to clinch the 1999 Ryder Cup at Brookline.
The Northern Irishman suggested the forthcoming Cup evokes a similar emotional response to the landmark 150th Open at St. Andrews.
He told the media he's hoping that for four days at least the 'noise' can be turned off.
The Ulsterman explained on Team Europe's recent trip to Italy he spoke to the group about why the Cup is so important to him.
He explained:
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McIlroy continued:
McIlroy will play the first two rounds of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth alongside Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg.
He has been victorious in this event once, carding a final round of 66 to pip Thomas Bjorn by one stroke in 2014.
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