As another season moves towards its conclusion this week, Rory McIlroy on Wednesday adopted the familiar position of balancing some level of satisfaction with candid regrets over what might have been.
One can reasonably assume the nightmares of those two missed putts at Pinehurst will eat away at him until he finally ends his 10-year wait for a fifth major. But there is a worthwhile perspective to be found in recognising that only Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau signed for a more productive 2024 on the course.
