The Open Championship tees off on Thursday, marking the 10-year anniversary of Rory McIlroy’s last major championship victory, at the 2014 British Open. McIlroy has come close to winning since then as his 21 top-10 finishes at subsequent majors are the most in all of golf, and he’s had a runner-up at a major tournament in each of the past three seasons.
That includes a second-place finish at this year’s U.S. Open when McIlroy appeared to be on his way to ending his major championship drought. He held a lead with just four holes remaining before bogeying three of those final four, which included two missed putts inside of 4 feet. That dropped McIlroy to second, with Bryson DeChambeau reaching the top of the leaderboard. Afterwards, McIlroy retreated from the spotlight.
