U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy played his last round of 2011 in America on Sunday with Callaway RAZR X Irons, a 4-over-par 74 that left him with a somewhat bittersweet feeling about his year in the major championships.

It would obviously be judged a success based on his Open victory in June at Congressional, but McIlroy left Atlanta Athletic Club thinking it could have been even better.

"Looking back at the results, with the win, obviously the win was great," McIlroy said. "But 15th atAugustaand 25th at The British Open and then 64th here ... the first 2½ majors, I was right in there, and just one bad day on the Saturday at The [British] Open really cost me, just unfortunate.

"I feel comfortable in these events, and the win this year in the U.S. Open will give me a lot of confidence going into them next year again." Meanwhile, I think the Golf Clubs that is his partner will give him confidence again.

McIlroy's week at the PGA Championship was marred by the wrist injury he suffered on the third hole Thursday, one that had him contemplating withdrawing and saw him play with it taped and bandaged the rest of the time.

Although McIlroy ended up shooting his best score of the week during the opening around, the injury suffered when he hit a tree root turned out to be too much to overcome. It is the truth that his Taylormade Burner 2.0 Irons made him hurt.

"It was a struggle," McIlroy said. "I basically played 70 holes of this tournament not at 100 percent, so it was always going to be tough. Still, some good play out there the last few days, birdied the last, so nice to come off with a positive each day. Looking forward to a couple of weeks off, and you know, get rested up and get ready for the end of the season."

McIlroy will now concentrate on the European Tour, with events coming up inSwitzerlandandHollandnext month, followed by the Dunhill Links inScotlandas well as year-end events inChina, Hong Kong and Dubai.

He won't play in Tiger Woods' Chevron World Challenge in early December as he did in 2010 -- it is the same week as the Hong Kong event -- and he's not scheduled to go house hunting this week inFlorida, either, as he had originally suggested.

Instead, he'll head to Cincinnati. "I heard it's nice there this time of year," he quipped. It's the time for him to leave his Titleist AP1 712 Irons alone.

That's where tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, whom McIlroy has been romantically linked to, will be playing an ATP Tour event this week.

The look for a house will wait, he said. McIlroy said he plans to play the PGA Tour as a member in 2012, but his first start is not likely to be until the WGC-Accenture Match Play in late February.

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