McIlroy held a two-shot lead midway through the final round at St Andrews, but it was not enough to end his eight-year drought in the game's biggest tournaments.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy has missed out on a win at The 150th Open Championship at St Andrews.Heading into the final round on Sunday with a four-shot lead, it seemed like it had been McIlroy's championship to lose.
But Smith had other ideas and played a brilliant back nine holes - which included five straight birdies - to overcome the Northern Irishman's advantage. McIlroy sent his eagle attempt at the 18th well past the hole and was unable to even make his birdie putt back, so ended up in third place on 18 under par, with Smith's teammate Cameron Young taking second on 19 under.McIlroy won the Open at Royal Liverpool in 2014, but an ankle injury suffered playing football meant he was unable to try to retain the Claret Jug at St Andrews the following year - and he is yet to do so again.
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