PGA

McIlroy blanked reporters after every round at last month's US PGA Championship, where news emerged that his driver had failed a conforming test at Quail Hollow.

Tied eighth in last year's US PGA Championship.

It mirrors his form this season on the PGA Tour.

Both are winners on the PGA Tour but they also share play-off defeats this season – Spaun at The Players Championship by Rory McIlroy in March and Burns only last week on the fourth play-off hole as Ryan Fox won the Canadian Open.

And, after Saturday's round, he said making himself less available to some sections of the media is partly due to a story leaked surrounding his driver before last month's PGA Championship.