The Irishman found himself one off the lead after five straight birdies to start his back nine, only to rinse his next approach shot en route to a crushing double bogey.
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Rory McIlroy’s run of close calls continued Sunday during the final round of the Olympic golf tournament, where he was making a huge comeback, only to come up short in the water.
“Then I looked at the board again after I birdied 14 and I was one behind and I was like, holy sh-t, what just happened. Even that wedge shot on 15, I hit the shot I wanted to hit. The two boys in front of me, Nicolai and Hideki , they got their balls up in the air a little bit more and the wind carry it, and I saw they went like 25, 30 feet past.
McIlroy has won three times this year—an early-season victory at the Dubai Desert Classic on the DP World Tour, a win with Shane Lowry at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and a victory at the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy returned to tied for fourth at the Scottish Open, but then missed the cut at the British Open in his last start prior to the Olympics.
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