Rory McIlroy finished eighth or better in all four majors this year, but did not win any of them. Over the last 50 years, two other players have had such a season: Ben Crenshaw (1987) and Rickie Fowler (2014). JustinRayGolf’s 10 notes on The Open:
Smith started 2022 by lighting up Kapalua, winning the Sentry Tournament of Champions with a score of 34-under, the lowest number to par in a 72-hole tournament inhistory. His pair of 64s this week was even more impressive from a go-ridiculously-low perspective. Over the last 25 years, no other player has had two rounds that low in the same major championship.
Since 1995, no player has had more than two major championship rounds of 8-under or better in their entire careers. Smith just did it twice in the same tournament.Not even the collective willpower of seemingly every golf fan in Scotland could force a putt to fall for McIlroy on Sunday. McIlroy hit all 18 of St. Andrews’ gigantic greens in regulation in the final round, but had 36 putts, too – seven more than Smith.
His two highest total number of putts in a single major round have now come at St. Andrews — in round two in 2010 and Sunday . By strokes gained, McIlroy ranked 73rd out of 83 players in the field on Sunday at The Old Course.McIlroy finished eighth or better in all four major championships this year, but did not win any of them. Over the last 50 years, only two other players have had a major season like that:in 2014. McIlroy racked up 53.
Traditionally the major best suited for older contenders, even The Old Course is part of the sport’s youth movement. Withlast year and Smith this week, this marks the first time The Open has had back-to-back winners under the age of 30 since 2000 (
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