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Rory McIlroy shoots 11 over to miss British Open cut
Rory McIlroy's 10-year wait to win a major will stretch into 2025 after missing the cut at the British Open on Friday.
McIlroy ended a torrid two days at Royal Troon on 11 over par with the projected cut set to be at six over in blustery conditions on Scotland's west coast.
It is only the second time in 15 majors that McIlroy has failed to make the cut.
The world number two had been hoping to bounce back from his heartbreak at narrowly missing out at the US Open last month by one shot to Bryson DeChambeau.
McIlroy has repeatedly come close to adding to his four majors and had finished in the top 10 at five of the previous seven British Opens.
However, a seven over par opening round left him with work to do and he was never in contention to reach the weekend after a disastrous start.
McIlroy dropped six shots in four holes between the third and the sixth, including a triple bogey eight at the fourth.
He steadied the ship with seven consecutive pars before holing a chip from the green-side bunker at 14 for his first birdie of the day.
The 35-year-old picked up another shot at the 16th but still fell five short of the projected cut.
His attention now turns to trying to win Olympic gold for Ireland at Le Golf National in Paris from August 1.
O.Johnson--AMWN