McIlroy's form fading at the wrong time

After making a statement of self-belief earlier in the week, is McIlroy's over-confidence going to come back to haunt him?

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Rory McIlroy, favourite to win next month's US Open, may be fined over his angry behaviour yesterday.

He hit a two-over-par 72 and threw his seven iron in frustration at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

It came just one day after the Northern Irishman claimed he was the man to beat at next month's US Open.

Speaking earlier in the week, McIlroy said: "After Congressional last year I started thinking of myself as definitely one of the elite players. I think I moved up to number three in the world at that point.

"From then, I've played pretty consistently, won a couple of times.

"You have to believe that you're the best and I certainly do believe that. It's just a matter of going out there and showing everyone else what I believe."

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