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Published 12:14 20 Jun 2022 BST
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2022 US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick of is congratulated on his win by Rory McIlroy of as he walks off the 18th green at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)[/caption]
"I struggled with the 3-wood all year. I still haven't quite found the one that I'm 100 percent confident with. Yeah, a few misses left with the 3-wood this week, which wasn't... it's hard because there's holes out here where you had to hit fairway wood, and I had to just get really comfortable trying to do that. "Maybe something I need to try to work on going into The Open - trying to get a 3-wood that I'm 100 percent comfortable with. But, as you said, overall I did a lot of really good things this week - putted well, scrambled well, hit a lot of good iron shots. So I just need to keep doing that, keep doing my thing, and I'll have another opportunity in a few weeks time to try to get another one."McIlroy confirmed he will play the Travelers [sic] Championship in Hartford, next week, then take the following week off so he can go get some practice in on links courses, ahead of The Open at St Andrew's. After staying on to congratulate Fitzpatrick, just off the 18th green, McIlroy was not getting too hard on himself as he reflected on another close-but-not-close-enough major. "I have to stay patient at this point," he said, "because if I just keep putting myself in position, sooner or later it's going to be my day and I'm going to get one." "I played well enough to give myself a chance to win," he added. "I didn't get the job done, but I'm closer than I have been in a while, which is good."
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