McIlroy disappointed at not handling uneasy Pinehurst feelings

Rory McIlroy finished one shot behind U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau at Pinehurst last month.

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00:00It wasn't a surprise, it was just more a disappointment that I didn't handle those

00:04uneasy feelings as good as I could have.

00:08And I've alluded to this, I was probably more aware than I should have been of what was

00:13happening behind me, and a big part of the reason why I didn't close it out coming down

00:19the stretch.

00:20You know, I know that I'm in a good spot, and if I think about 2015 through 2020, that

00:29five-year stretch, I seldom had a realistic chance to win a major championship in that

00:34five-year period.

00:35So as soon as I do that, people are going to say, well, when are you going to win your

00:39sixth?

00:40So it's never ending.