Tiger Woods lights up the Open but Claret Jug slips through his grasp | Kevin Mitchell

Tiger Woods lights up the Open but Claret Jug slips through his grasp | Kevin Mitchell

For nine holes Woods played golf from heaven as millions dreamed of him winning a 15th major but a mid-round collapse shattered it all Rewri... 00:03:00

For nine holes Woods played golf from heaven as millions dreamed of him winning a 15th major but a mid-round collapse shattered it all

Rewriting history is damnably difficult and Tiger Woods could not quite keep his hand on a quivering pen here. There was an echo of Muhammad Ali’s autumn days about the closing of the 147th Open as the gallery and the sport willed their hero on towards deeds that, ultimately, he was unable to deliver.

For nine holes Woods played golf from heaven. He briefly led on his own, even, for the first time in seven years. He and millions of others dreamed of him winning a 15th major, his first in a decade, but a mid-round collapse did for Woods, decked with his hands almost on the title. In the end, he could do no more than watch as his designated sparring partner, Francesco Molinari, became the first Italian to win the Claret Jug.

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