Mcllroy aiming for Schauffele, Scheffler markers

Two victories, seven top-10 finishes, nearly US$11 million (S$14.8 million) in earnings on the PGA Tour this season - and the inside track to winning the Race to Dubai - would overwhelmingly please most people.

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Rory McIlroy is not one of them. Speaking on Nov 13 before the start of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, where he can capture a third straight Race to Dubai title on Nov 17, he said he left unfinished business on the course in 2024.

And that starts with the US Open at Pinehurst in June, where two missed short putts on the final three holes left him as the runner-up to Bryson DeChambeau. McIlroy was seeking his first win in a Major since 2014. In looking back at his season, he saw good and bad consistency and missed opportunities.

"Yeah, incredibly consistent again. I think I've been really proud of that over the last few years," the Northern Irishman said at Dubai's Jumeirah Golf Estates. "But then at the same time, you know, thinking about the ones that got away.

"I could be sitting up here with a fifth Major title and I am not. So that stings and that's something that I have to come to terms with but at the same time I've got plenty more opportunities in the future."