Rory McIlroy takes $25,000 from Scottie Scheffler | Golf News

Rory McIlroy did not appear poised to declare a significant slice of the Travelers Championship’s $20 million prize pool when he scored a 71 on Friday at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut, a match in the end received by Keegan Bradley. 

However, the 2025 Masters Champion – who sported an virtually an identical outfit to Tommy Fleetwood’s and might need also jinxed the Englishman – fought back with a 68 on Saturday and a strong entrance 9. After a misjudged strategy shot on the par-four fifteenth, McIlroy had to take his strategy shot from the gallery as he tried to keep up with Scottie Scheffler in sixth place.

The 36-year-old executed an unbelievable chip within 20 ft of the opening. McIlroy sank the putt for his third birdie of the back 9.

He completed with three straight pars to stay tied with Scheffler.

And as a substitute of pocketing $670,000, McIlroy banked $695,000 – with Scheffler incomes the identical quantity as a substitute of the $720,000 he would have acquired had McIlroy been one stroke behind.

“it was a good way to end the week,” he stated of his efficiency. “Yeah, sort of good, positive vibes going into a couple-week break here and get ready for Scotland and The Open Championship.

“But, yeah, positively noticed some optimistic indicators in the sport general, which was actually good to see. Yeah, trying ahead to getting back over to my neck of the woods for a couple weeks and be ready for a little bit of hyperlinks golf.”

Despite victories at both the Masters and the Players Championship, McIlroy has had a rough patch. He ended up tied for 12th at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and tied for seventh at the Truist Championship.

He also stumbled at two major tournaments, finishing tied for 47th at the PGA Championship and tied for 19th at the US Open following a disastrous first round. McIlroy didn’t make the cut at the RBC Canadian Open, which took place between the two majors.

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Now, McIlroy will take a break before his season resumes this summer. “Yeah, I feel more so than anything it is going to just be good for me mentally to take a little bit of a break and, yeah, as I stated, get back to my neck of the woods, get back to the U.Okay. for a little bit, excited for that,” McIlroy stated.

“Yeah, I’ve alluded to the very fact I in all probability have not taken enough time off or time to mirror after what occurred in April, so I’m excited to do a little bit of that over these next two weeks.”

Sheffler kicked off the match with a sturdy 62 on Thursday. He scored a birdie on the fifteenth gap, added three more on the back 9, and completed with three pars for a Sunday rating of 65 – mirroring McIlroy’s efficiency.