Golf Channel · Jul 17, 2022
Rory McIlroy hits 18 greens, has 18 two-putts in disappointing Open finish
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – "With a score of 268, the winner of the gold medal and the Champion Golfer of the Year, is Cameron Smith."
At 7 p.m. local time, right on the dot, one man was receiving the claret jug while another was recounting the reasons why he did not.
“I tried to stay as patient as possible, and I kept hitting good putts. I hit a good putt on 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. I was hitting good putts. They just weren't dropping,” lamented Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy hit 18 greens in regulation on Sunday of the 150th Open Championship. He two-putted them all. There were two birdies in his 2-under 70, one thanks to a two-putt on the par-5 fifth. One thanks to a two-putt after driving the par-4 10th.