Rory McIlroy, former PGA winner Elkington get into serious Twitter beef

Rory McIlroy missed the cut at the U.S. Open by four shots. (Getty)

Rory McIlroy has never been shy about stepping in to defend himself against his critics, wherever they may be. And that was certainly the case on Friday night when the four-time major champion went on offense against 1995 PGA champion Steve Elkington.

Elkington, who owns a golf instruction-driven website called Secret Golf, tweeted that he felt McIlroy, who missed his second-consecutive cut at the U.S. Open on Friday at Erin Hills, had grown bored with the game.

Though McIlroy’s handle wasn’t mentioned explicitly, the Ulsterman responded directly to Elkington.

Rory is so bored playiing golf…without Tiger the threshold is prolly 4 majors with 100mill in bank

— Steve Elkington (@elkpga) June 17, 2017

More like 200mil… not bad for a “bored” 28 year old… plenty more where that came from. pic.twitter.com/R2nigEaee7

— Rory McIlroy (@McIlroyRory) June 17, 2017

New you were a money guy
Jack won 18 and never mentioned his total cash..
It was 5 mill https://t.co/4vTFyUpY7p

— Steve Elkington (@elkpga) June 17, 2017

That's why jack designed 100's of golf courses… and it's knew… mustn't have taught grammar in the 50's….

— Rory McIlroy (@McIlroyRory) June 17, 2017

Most of the Twitterati declared McIlroy the winner, though no one every really wins in these kinds of things. For McIlroy, he’ll take a little time to himself before heading to Connecticut early next week for his first-ever start in the Travelers Championship near Hartford.

Ryan Ballengee is a Yahoo Sports contributor. Find him on Facebook and Twitter.

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