In winning the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., McIlroy set or tied 12 U.S. Open records, including the mark for the lowest 72-hole score in championship history at 16-under-par 268. He has three other major championship victories: the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla and the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Resort. He owns 32 worldwide professional victories, 20 of which have come on the PGA Tour. Besides winning The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in March 2019, he claimed the 2019 Canadian Open by seven strokes and ended the 2018-19 season by claiming the Tour Championship to take the FedExCup for a second time (2016). He's also a three-time PGA Player of the Year Award winner (2012, 2014, 2019). McIlroy represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 2007 Walker Cup Match at Royal County Down not far from his hometown of Holywood. He's represented Europe in the 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021 Ryder Cup Matches.
U.S. Open Record
| Year | Site | Scores | To Par | Finish |
| 2021 | Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course) | 70-73-67-73--283 | -1 | T-7 |
| 2020 | Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course) | 67-76-68-75--286 | +6 | T-8 |
| 2019 | Pebble Beach Golf Links | 68-69-70-72--279 | -5 | T-9 |
| 2018 | Shinnecock Hills Golf Club | 80-70 | +10 | MC |
| 2017 | Erin Hills | 78-71 | +5 | MC |
| 2016 | Oakmont Country Club | 77-71 | +8 | MC |
| 2015 | Chambers Bay | 77-72-70-66--285 | +5 | T-9 |
| 2014 | Pinehurst Resort & C.C. (Course No. 2) | 71-68-74-73--286 | +6 | T-23 |
| 2013 | Merion Golf Club | 73-70-75-76--294 | +14 | T-41 |
| 2012 | The Olympic Club | 77-73 | +10 | MC |
| 2011 | Congressional Country Club | 65-66-68-69--268 | -16 | Win |
| 2010 | Pebble Beach Golf Links | 75-77 | +10 | MC |
| 2009 | Bethpage State Park (Black Course) | 72-70-72-68--282 | +2 | T-10 |