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.