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.

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.

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 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.

The Rory McIlroy we’ve seen of late is not the same person media and fans have made an investment in caring about, in good times and bad.

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.

In February of 2021, Tiger Woods rolled an SUV over a median, down an embankment, and into a gully. He nearly killed himself, and, at 46, with a history of other major injuries, he effectively killed his career.