Rory McIlroy Fires Final-Round 64 at Travelers, Calls TPC River Highlands 'Obsolete'

One week after an agonizing U.S. Open, McIlroy shot 18 under at the Travelers but said he didn't particularly enjoy it.

Give Rory McIlroy credit, he flew across the country after a heartbreaking runner-up at the U.S. Open and turned in a solid effort at the Travelers Championship, closing with a 64 and finishing in the top 10.

But he didn't love the birdie-fest at TPC River Highlands, where eight rounds of 62 or better were turned in during the week, and didn't mince words when asked after his final round.

"I don't particularly like when a tournament is like this. Unfortunately technology has passed this course by, right? It sort of has made it obsolete, especially as soft as it has been with a little bit of rain that we had," said McIlroy, who shot a pair of 64s in his 18-under-par total.

"So, again, like the conversations going back to, you know, limiting the golf ball and stuff like that, when we come to courses like this they just don't present the challenge that they used to."

TPC River Highlands has long given up low scores on its 6,852-yard par-70 layout and players have continued to keep their foot on the gas annually at the Travelers. Keegan Bradley won on Sunday at 23 under par, breaking the previous tournament record by one shot.

"You can grow the rough up and hope you get some firm conditions so it gets tricky," McIlroy said. "I think the blueprint for a really good golf course isn't growing the rough up and making the fairways tight. That bunches everyone together.

"The blueprint is something like LACC (last week) where you have wide targets, but if you miss it's penal. This isn't that sort of golf course. It's not that sort of layout. It doesn't have the land to do that.

"So, you know, unfortunately when you get soft conditions like this and you've got the best players in the world, this is what's going to happen."