Five-hole birdie blitz had Rory McIlroy firmly in medal contention but a wedge into the water on 15th scuppered his hopes as Scottie Scheffler secured Olympic gold with a stunning 62
Five-hole birdie blitz had the Irishman firmly in medal contention but a wedge into the water on 15th halted his momentum and he finished tied-fifthRory McIlroy reacts after his wedge finds the water on the 15th during the final round of the men's individual stroke play at Le Golf National, Paris.
McIlroy didn’t just nibble at the field, he took a giant bite out of it as he moved up to tied third on 17 under. Then came the costly 15th. “Even that wedge on 15, I hit the shot I wanted to hit. The two boys in front of me Nicolai and Hideki , they got their balls up in the air a little bit more and the wind carried it. They went 25, 30 feet past so I hit the shot I wanted to hit, I just didn’t get the ball in the air enough for the wind to carry it that extra three or four yards that it needed to.
That left Scheffler and England’s Fleetwood in a duel to see who would blink first. And it was Scheffler who set the pace and almost matched McIlroy’s run with four birdies through 14, 15, 16 and 17, the fourth putting him on 19-under par, a shot in front and just the 18th hole to play.
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