I feel for Rory and hope his psyche can recover although I fear that’s a tall order at least in the short term. I don’t like his chances of winning another major anytime soon.
I hope Rory can win at least one more major, but the scar tissue of this one in particular may be tough to overcome. Maybe he will get it done at Troon and put all this behind him. But I don’t know how you overcome the scar of giving away the US Open on a silver platter by missing two putts that were collectively, what, 6 feet?
The other thing to keep in mind, and I’ve seen Mike Clayton make this point, who would have guessed that Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson never won another major at age 34. They each were at the top of their game and never won another one. Seve too was in his early 30s when he won his last major. Rory is now 35 and, despite being in his golfing prime, nothing is guaranteed. Really, only Nicklaus, Trevino, Phil, and Tiger won majors both early (or earlier for Phil) and later in their careers.
On the other hand, Adam Scott coughed up a four-stroke lead over four holes at Lytham in 2012. That was excruciating to see, yet he came back the following year and won the Masters. Maybe something similar will happen for Rory. But he will never have a better chance than he had yesterday walking off the 13th green at Pinehurst.