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U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

June 15, 2018

Rory McIlroy

Southampton, New York

RORY McILROY: I felt like my game was good coming in here. I think I was just blown away by the wind yesterday. That was the thing. I mean, I haven't played in wind like that for quite a long time. I just felt like I couldn't hit it far enough left or right to allow for the wind. It was a lot of crosswinds yesterday and I felt like -- holes like the third hole, I couldn't aim far enough left to keep it in the fairway, so just stuff like that.

You get yourself out of position on this golf course, really you give yourself a bogey and move on.

Today I hit 17 out of 18 greens. I did a lot of good stuff. Obviously the conditions were conducive for that. Yesterday I just wish I could have maybe just had one day to prepare for something like that. I feel like it would have been a different story.

Q. (Question regarding preparation)?
RORY McILROY: Yes, it's tough. It's a tough tournament. I have prepared well here in the last few years. I come in here with the right attitude. Even after yesterday I felt like I could come in today and shoot in the 60s and make it to the weekend. Obviously I played the front nine well, I didn't putt very well.

Q. (Inaudible)?
RORY McILROY: Yeah, just I knew the conditions were good on the back nine. I knew I had some chances to have some short irons my hand. I was just trying to look at every flag and hit it there and try to make some putts.

I maybe could have squeezed one more. I missed the putt on 15. I could have squeezed one more on the back nine, but it still would have been short of what I would have needed. The first 27 holes for me were obviously what did it.

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