Rory McIlroy says Shinnecock Hills won the battle over him, as he finished on six-over-par in a share of 32nd place at the US Open to conclude a frustrating few days in New York.

McIlroy entered the final round on three-over-par, ten shots behind leader Wyndham Clark, knowing he would need a miracle if he were to give himself a chance at contending.

That miracle never came as the Northern Irishman carded another three-over to leave himself well off Clark, who finished on four-under-par for the week, crawling to victory after dropping three shots on the final day.

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Wyndham Clark celebrates with the US Open Trophy. Pic: Warren Little/Getty Images

Rory McIlroy dropped shots on the second, third, fifth and ninth before birdies on the 10th, 11th and 15th, with further bogeys on the 14th and 17th.

The frustration was evident early on for the world number two after a wayward shot on the third hole led him to drop an F-bomb on television.

He saved par on the second, but bogeyed the next two holes, spinning back into sand playing to a tight right-hand pin at the third. ‘Oh, just go home, Rory. F**king hell,’ he said in frustration as his ball headed for the bunker.

‘I think it [Shinnecock Hills] won the battle over me at this point. Looking back on the entire week, I will rue the back nine yesterday [Saturday],’ Rory McIlroy said after his round.

‘I’d say it was going well until the back nine yesterday, obviously a couple under par for the tournament, and I just let it get away from me there in the back nine.’

‘Similar to Friday too, obviously. I was three over the back nine on Friday, also, so both of those nines, Friday, Saturday, especially yesterday, because I got myself right back in the tournament.

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Rory McIlroy. Pic: Warren Little/Getty Images

‘I just let it go, and yeah, and obviously today going in, I felt like I maybe had a tiny chance but got off to a bad start. So yeah, I guess a week of what could have been. Pretty frustrating by how everything went yesterday. But I’ll dust myself off and go again.’

McIlroy has pulled out of the final signature event of the PGA Tour season, the Travellers Championship, and will now turn his attention to events closer to home, relishing the chance to play links golf at the Scottish Open and The Open at Royal Birkdale in July.

‘It’s my favourite time of the year to go back home and play the Open and get to spend a bit of time back there,’ he said. ‘This was not too dissimilar to an Open Championship in how the golf course played over the weekend, but some links golf over the next couple of weeks will be nice.’