Rory: I was p***ed off

MCILROY LEFT FUMING BY DRIVER DRAMA AT US PGA

- By CARL MARKHAM

MASTERS champion Rory Mcllroy admits he was "p***ed off" that news of his driver failing technical standards made headlines before last month's US PGA Championship.

Two days before the tournament the world number two had the club pulled from his bag after official testing showed it had crossed the threshold, the 'trampoline effect' when the face of the club becomes more springy.

Failures are supposed to remain confidential as no blame is attached to the player in question but the news broke on the Friday evening.

World number one Scottie Scheffler's driver also failed the test but that never became public until he volunteered the information at his winner's press conference.