RORY McILROY’S BID to win a fifth major title will stretch into another decade after he suffered his second worst performance in the Open Championship.
The world number two admitted he started thinking about his holiday plans after his outside chance of making the cut disappeared when he covered the first six holes in six over par, including a triple-bogey eight on the fourth. I was not going to shoot four or five under to make the cut. It was a pretty meaningless 14 holes after that but at least I played okay.” Advertisement McIlroy admitted he had failed to handle the windy conditions over the first two days, adding: “The two majors where I have played poorly, the Masters and here, the wind got the better of me on Friday at Augusta and I did not adapt well here at all.
— The Open July 19, 2024 McIlroy could only laugh at that point and did the same on the 16th after hitting himself in the face with his club as he attempted to launch it into the air following a pushed approach to the par five.