Rory McIlroy will be looking to put a lacklustre PGA Championship performance behind him and show some US Open form in The Memorial at Muirfield Village.

The Down man mysteriously pulled out of the pro-am and his press conference for “personal reasons” yesterday and while there will be speculation about his reasons given the Naomi Osaka saga at Roland Garros, there will be much interest in how he performs in his warm-up for Torrey Pines in a fortnight.

After following his first win for 18 months in the Quail Hollow Championship with an unconvincing display at Kiawah Island, where he finished tied 49th, 11 strokes behind 50-year old Phil Mickelson, he’s under the spotlight again.

He will certainly be tested at Jack Nicklaus’ revamped course in Dublin, Ohio, where he shot an eight-under 64 en route to a career-best tie for fourth in 2016.

The world No 8 tees off with Viktor Hovland and Adam Scott (6.44pm) while Shane Lowry is looking to back up his tie for fourth alongside European Ryder Cup skipper Pádraig Harrington in the PGA Championship with another positive performance.

Lowry has managed just two rounds in the 60s in 12 trips around Muirfield Village but his form at the Ocean Course suggests he’ll be a factor again this week with just two weeks to got to the US Open.

Meanwhile, Stephanie Meadow will be looking to use all her experience and make the cut in the US Women’s Open for the first time since she finished third on her professional debut at Pinehurst No 2 in 2014.

She’s made five of seven cuts this year but she feels she needs to produce a strong weekend performance at The Olympic Club in San Francisco as she bids to get into the frame for the Solheim Cup.

“I’ve made a lot of cuts but I’ve had really bad Saturdays and Sundays, so I’m looking to kind of gain momentum through the week and just kind of put four rounds together and get a better-than-top-40 finish,” Meadow said.

 

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