P***ED OFF

Rory admits leak over driver failure led to his US PGA media boycott

- CARL MARKHAM

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

Two days before that Major the world No.2 had the club pulled from his bag after official testing showed it had crossed the threshold, the so-called 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.

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler's driver also failed the test but that never became public until he volunteered the information at his winner's press conference after securing his third Major.

As a consequence, McIlroy uncharacteristically declined to speak to the media over all four days at Quail Hollow where he finished joint 47th.