Rory McIlroy gives the honest reason why he failed to make the cut at The Open

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Rory McIlroy is out of The Open after failing to make the cut and he’s delivered a typical honest assessment of his two rounds.

Royal Troon ultimately got the better of McIlroy as he struggled his way around in the wind.

In the end, McIlroy had a bit of bad luck with the draw and couldn’t conquer the tricky conditions in Scotland as he watched good friend Shane Lowry race away at the top.

For McIlroy, the wait for a first major since 2014 goes on and he’ll now have to wait until 2025 to make a fist of things once again.

In that time, the Northern Irishman will want to improve and go again.

But after today’s second nightmare in a row, McIlroy was more than realistic about where his mind had been during his round today.

Rory McIlroy makes blunt admission about his second round at The Open

Speaking to Sky Sports after his round, McIlroy was in a jovial mood but was realistic about what had gone wrong.

“I have had 14 holes to deal with everything I have been feeling. After the eight on four I resigned myself to the fact that I wouldn’t be here at the weekend,” McIlroy commented.

“That four hole stretch at the start of the round was unfortunate in the worst of the wind and then we had the wind die down a bit on the back nine a little bit and it became a lot more manageable.

“But I guess over the course of the two days the conditions got the better of me.

“I didn’t adapt to the strong wind, especially coming off the left on the back nine yesterday and then today going out with how strong and gusty it was. It was the story of the week.”

Royal Troon shows its teeth with McIlroy among huge names bowing out

The Open has seen some of the biggest names in golf exit before the weekend alongside McIlroy.

Tiger Woods was one of them, with Dame Laura Davies at least suggesting we might not have seen the last of Tiger in the UK.

One of those big names to not miss the weekend is world number one, Scottie Scheffler.

The American is under par and sniffing around the top five and Shane Lowry has already admitted that he thinks Scheffler will have his eye on winning.

An exciting weekend of golf awaits, then, despite some big name exits.