Paige Spiranac is coming to Rory McIlroy’s protection following a uneven U.S. Open displaying over the weekend.
In a message shared Sunday on X, the longtime golf influencer, 32, supplied her tackle the reigning Masters champion bypassing the media not too long ago.
“Might be an unpopular opinion here but he doesn’t have to talk to the media if he doesn’t want to. It’s not required. And why would he when everyone is always analyzing and criticizing his every move,” Spiranac wrote after McIlroy met with the media at Oakmont, the place he completed tied for nineteenth at 7-over par.
“There is clearly something more going on none of us are privy to so maybe let’s not all pile on.”
McIlroy, simply two months faraway from finishing golf’s Grand Slam along with his Masters triumph in April, ducked the media after taking pictures a 4-over 74 within the first spherical on the Pittsburgh-area course on Thursday.
Two days later, the five-time main champion lastly spoke with reporters, the place he not solely expressed he’s “felt a little flat” since reaching the game’s mountaintop, however vented his frustration with the media.
“I have been totally available for the last few years, and I’m not saying … maybe not you guys, but maybe more just the whole thing,” McIlroy mentioned.
The Northern Irishman, 36, made headlines earlier than final month’s PGA Championship when his driver was deemed non-conforming and he didn’t meet with the press in any respect throughout that main at Quail Hole.
He didn’t tackle the driving force drama with the press.
“I feel like I’ve earned the right to do whatever I want to do,” McIlroy mentioned Saturday.
Regardless of the lackluster weekend at Oakmont, which noticed J.J. Spaun seize his first profession main win, McIlroy is motivated to shut out the ultimate main of the season on a excessive notice in his residence nation.
The 2025 Open Championship begins at Royal Portrush Golf Membership in Northern Eire on July 17.
“I climbed my Everest in April, and I think, after you do something like that, you’ve got to make your way back down, and you’ve got to look for another mountain to climb,” McIlroy mentioned. “An Open at Portrush is certainly one of those.”
McIlroy final received The Open in 2014 at Royal Liverpool Golf Membership within the U.Okay.
