If McIlroy leaves this week's 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Course without a win, he could find himself in territory familiar to Norman.
have been the competing faces of a heated dispute between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf the past three years, they're probably more alike -- and intricately linked -- than either would prefer to admit.
Norman made the turn at 2 over, trimming his lead over Faldo to only 2 shots. Then Norman made bogeys on Nos. 9, 10 and 11 and a double bogey on 12. He posted a 6-over 78 in the final round and finished 5 shots behind Faldo in what was one of the greatest collapses in major championship history. While Norman had far more close calls in majors and was further along in his career, McIlroy's near-miss at Pinehurst No. 2 didn't sting any less."When I look back on that day, just like I look back on some of my toughest moments in my career, I'll learn a lot from it and I'll hopefully put that to good use," McIlroy said."It's something that's been a bit of a theme throughout my career.
"I think any golfer, any human being who's watched Rory finish with those missed putts on 16 and 18 really felt for him," European Ryder Cup team captainsaid."I certainly did. Sixteen was a poor putt, and 18 was just a very, very difficult putt. The mistake, I think, was just leaving the chip slightly above the hole, and it was a very, very difficult putt under the circumstances -- even without those circumstances.
"Thinking back, yeah, maybe I was a little too aware of where Bryson was and what he was doing but it was the nature of the golf course and how the golf course flowed," McIlroy said."So it sort of got me out of my own little world a little bit." McIlroy missed short putts on Nos. 16 and 18 that helped give DeChambeau a one-stroke victory and his second U.S. Open title. On the 18th, McIlroy and DeChambeau both pulled their tee shots into the native area. After reaching the green, McIlroy wanted to make sure he didn't blast his par putt past the hole if he missed. He tapped his ball on the wrong side of the hole and missed., McIlroy's putting coach.
"He did not have the right club in his hands," Kaufman said on Golf's Subpar podcast."And I felt like Rory could have taken control of the championship on 15 if he just hits it in the middle of the green. And he hit a good shot, but it just was the wrong club.
Despite McIlroy's major championship drought, he and Diamond have won 12 times together since 2017, excluding two home Ryder Cup victories. "He hadn't done it all week and the caddie should have stopped him," Montgomerie told The Telegraph of London.
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