McIlroy shows his frustration at a three-putt on the 16th on a miserable day for the Northern Irishman BPI/REXRory McIlroy lamented making a series of “stupid mistakes” as his dream of winning the Open Championship on home soil looked set to end in failure last night. The 30-year-old Northern Irishman opened his account at Royal Portrush with an eight-over-par 79 that left him struggling to make the cut. McIlroy’s quadruple-bogey eight at the first hole and a triple-bogey seven at the last bookended his calamitous round at a venue where he once shot 61. “I would like to punch myself,” he said. Also struggling to make the cut is Tiger Woods, who was only one…

Source: The Times July 18, 2019 23:03 UTC