McIlroy is scheduled to play next week’s Travelers Championship, the season’s final signature event on the PGA Tour, before heading to the United Kingdom for next month’s Scottish Open and Open Championship, which will be played at Northern Ireland’s Royal Portrush.

Speaking on Golf Channel's 'Live From', McGinley described McIlroy as looking "un-Rory-like" during press conferences, saying: "I'm no psychologist but it looks like the air has been sucked out of him a little since that, not just in the way he's played but in his press conferences.

Rory McIlroy is ready for a new challenge after "climbing my Everest" of winning the Masters and has set his sights on next month's Open at Portrush.

McIlroy admitted to struggling to come back down and recalibrate after achieving the career Grand Slam when winning the Masters, his form since then a pale imitation of his season up to that point, which had also garnered wins in the Pebble Beach pro-am and The Players.

Rory McIlroy finally spoke to the media at the U.S. Open Saturday. The reigning Masters champion argued he's "earned the right to do whatever" he choses.

Rory McIlroy held his first post-round media session of the U.S. Open after shooting a 4-over 74 in the third round at Oakmont.

All three were between seven and eight shots behind the leader, and all were in danger of being cut Friday. The U.S. Open remains golf’s cruelest test.

She met Rory McIlroy by chance. “Stoll and McIlroy's first encounter came by chance. She was the PGA employee who helped save him from missing his tee time at the 2012 Ryder Cup