Golf: Angry McIlroy skips press conference after PGA disappointment in Tulsa
Rory McIlroy’s wait for a fifth major title continues after his PGA Championship bid in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ended in disappointment.
Despite Rory enjoying a one-shot lead following an opening 65 at Southern Hills, the play-off came was between Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris.
Thomas overturned a record-equalling seven-shot deficit to beat Zalatoris, to win his second US PGA Championship.
McIlroy finished runner-up in the Masters thanks to a closing 64 at Augusta National, a round which culminated in wild celebrations from the four-time major winner after he holed a bunker shot on the 72nd hole.
In stark contrast, McIlroy's closing 68 in Tulsa was followed by him declining to speak to waiting reporters before quickly collecting his belongings from the locker room and heading to his car.
The reaction was understandable given that McIlroy had enjoyed a one-shot lead following an opening 65 from what proved the favourable side of the draw.
A second round of 71 was far from disastrous, but Saturday's 74 left him nine shots off the pace heading into the final round, a deficit he swiftly reduced thanks to four birdies in a row from the second.
The par threes have been McIlroy's undoing however - the 33-year-old playing them in five over par in round three even with a birdie on the 14th - and the sixth cost him another shot on Sunday after missing the green and hitting a poor chip to 20 feet.
Good birdie chances went begging on the ninth, 12th and 13th and McIlroy's faint hopes were ended with a bogey on the short par-four 17th.