Rory McIlroy bullish about Majors hat-trick
Rory McIlroy fancies his chances of making it three major victories in a row this year, the new US Open champion said today.
The 22-year-old Briton romped to an eight-shot win in Maryland on Sunday and is also confident of doing well in next month's British Open at Sandwich and at the US PGA Championship in Georgia in August.
"I feel if I can keep this form up to the end of the summer I have a good chance at the next two majors," McIlroy told a packed news conference at the Holywood Golf Club on the outskirts of Belfast.
"The form I showed last week was great and I think it's a lot to do with the hard work I have put in over the past few months."
Scores of fans turned up to give the young Northern Irishman a hero's welcome at the club where he first hit a plastic golf ball as a toddler.
A huge banner welcoming McIlroy home was erected at the front of the clubhouse but, to the disappointment of the waiting crowds, the Ryder Cup player was smuggled in through a back entrance.
He later appeared on the balcony to greet his supporters, who cheered and applauded as he showed off his US Open trophy, before going downstairs to mingle with them.
"It's been a total whirlwind for me since Sunday. I haven't had time to think," said McIlroy.
"But it was great to sleep in my own bed last night knowing the trophy was sitting downstairs and, no, I never thought about sleeping with it."
He said Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and Greg Norman were among those who had inundated him with congratulatory messages.
McIlroy will now take three weeks off before returning to competitive golf for the British Open at Sandwich on the southeast coast of England.
"The support I get from Northern Ireland and from the whole island of Ireland is incredible," he said.
"I know everyone is proud of me and I know it's a great achievement for Northern Ireland to have two US Open winners in a row. I don't know if it will ever happen again," McIlroy added in a reference to Graeme McDowell's 2010 victory.
He said his stunning display at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda had surprised even him.
"In any tournament, let alone the US Open, you always feel you are going to have a few bad holes but that never really happened for me apart from the last-hole double bogey on Friday," said McIlroy.
He now hopes his success could lead to Northern Ireland hosting the British Open in the next five or six years.
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McIlroy will now take three weeks off before returning to competitive golf for the British Open at Sandwich on the southeast coast of England. "The support I get from Northern Ireland and from the whole island of Ireland is incredible," he said.
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