Rory McIlroy’s good enough to surpass Tiger Woods’ Major Championship winning feats.

That’s out-going champ Graeme McDowell’s view with the gleaming U.S. Open trophy remarkably set to return to Northern Ireland.

“Rory’s Tiger Woods as he’s that good,” said McDowell at the end of his Congressional third round.

Graeme McDowell believes Rory McIlroy can become match Tiger Woods' Majors haul

“It’s phenomenal the way he’s bounced back from Augusta, and he’s that good  to achieve what Woods has done in winning 14 Major Championships .”

McIlroy’s turned this year’s U.S. Open into ‘Rory’s Record-Smashing Roadshow’ to lead by eight shots heading to the final round.

Just six weeks after his Masters meltdown, the Holywood hot-shot golfer is set to crown his Congressional week to become the second youngest winner of the U.S. Open.

And McIlroy would also be a younger Major Champion than Jack Nicklaus when the ‘Golden Bear’ captured the 1962 U.S. Open and the first of 18 Majors.

Victory in the U.S. seat of power would continue a remarkable European domination of world golf.

McIlroy would become the eighth European Tour member to taste Major’s success in 16 Majors since Padraig Harrington captured the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie.

And in a remarkable statistic, McIlroy would be the third Irishman since Harrington’s first Major triumph to be become a Major Champion.