Rory McIlroy Hit With Reality Check as Changes in Game Cost Him Huge at $9.8M Event Rory McIlroy's equipment troubles have reached a breaking point with just days left before the season's third major.

Golf can be cruel, but equipment issues four days before a major championship? That’s just heartbreaking. When that major happens to be the US Open at Oakmont, the pressure becomes almost unbearable. Rory McIlroy walked off the course at TPC Toronto Friday knowing his driver problems have become a genuine crisis, not just a minor inconvenience.

McIlroy’s candid admission after Friday’s disaster at the RBC Canadian Open said everything. “Yeah, of course it concerns me. You don’t want to shoot high scores like the one I did today,” McIlroy explained. His 8-over 78 sealed his fate with the worst PGA Tour finish of his career. Missing his first cut since The Open in 2024. Rory recorded one quadruple bogey, a double bogey, eight bogeys, and five birdies on the week. The root of his p