Rory McIlroy does not look impressed at what his coach shared on TV

Rory McIlroy did not look too impressed to learn that his coach, Brad Faxon, shared the Holywood golfer's 'eureka moment' on television.

McIlroy is bidding to end a ten-year major drought at the US Open at Pinehurst in North Carolina this week.

The 35-year-old is three shots behind Bryson DeChambeau heading into the final round.

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On a very tough course, McIlroy was happy to shoot a one-under-par 69 on Saturday and stay in contention.

But he appeared to be caught off-guard when Sky Sports reporter Kira Dixon revealed that his putting coach Faxon had told of McIlroy figured something out in his swing during a flight from the Memorial Tournament in Ohio.

Faxon, who was an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour, told NBC Sports that McIlroy turned to Sean O’Flaherty, his agent, and boasted, “Sean, I just figured it out.

“What do you mean?” Faxon said was O’Flaherty’s response.

“I figured out my swing,” Faxon said McIlroy proclaimed.

“He got up in the aisle and showed him,” Faxon continued. “He started standing a little closer to the ball.”

But McIlroy did not want to go into any details about this moment when asked about it.

“Umm, it may be true," he said of Faxon's reveal. "I don’t know if I want to disclose it right now. I’m not sure why Fax is giving away sort of all my secrets.”

McIlroy lightened, though, and said: “We spend a lot of time on planes and I spend a lot of time thinking about my game when I’m in the air and sometimes things come to me.”

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