US Open 2025: Paige Spiranac defends Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy’s dealings with the media pulled a response from golf fluencer Paige Spiranac as the Nordirishman’s persecution of another major title hit a great slope on the US Open.

McIlroy decided to skip his media performances after the first two rounds of the big tournament at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. He told journalists after his third round on Saturday that he had decided to skip the look because of “frustration” with “all.”

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He has also had a few brutal moments on the field. But when he raised his eyebrows with his comments, Spiranac came to his defense.

“May be an unpopular statement here, but he doesn’t have to talk to the media if he doesn’t want to. It’s not required,” she wrote on X. “And why should he when everyone always analyzes and criticizes his every movement.

“There is clearly something more that happens, none of us are interested in, so maybe let’s not all pile on.”

Paige Spiranac warms up the driving range before the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on August 28, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images)

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McIlroy also reminded journalists that he also jumped journalists after the first round of Masters, and now it was just “to do it a little more often.”

He went into the final round in the middle of the position and would need a miracle to catch leaders Sam Burns, Adam Scott and JJ Spaun.

Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland stands on the 11th green after putting during the last round of the US Open Golf Tournament at Oakmont Country Club on Sunday 15 June 2025 in Oakmont, PA. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

McIlroy won the US Open in 2011. He finished in second place for the past two years at the US Open and in the top 10 in each of the last six years.