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Rory McIlroy out of 2015 Open Championship due to ankle injury

By Jonathan Bass

Jul 20, 2014; Wirral, GBR; Rory McIlroy poses with the Claret Jug after winning 143rd Open Championship at The Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Steve Flynn-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 20, 2014; Wirral, GBR; Rory McIlroy poses with the Claret Jug after winning 143rd Open Championship at The Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Steve Flynn-USA TODAY Sports /
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Rory McIlroy will not compete in the 2015 Open Championship.

Defending British Open champion Rory McIlroy will not compete in the 2015 Open Championship due to injury. The world’s No. 1-ranked golfer broke the news on Wednesday afternoon via his Instagram page while watching fellow UK member Andy Murray compete at The Championships, Wimbledon.

McIlroy injured himself over 4th of July weekend while playing soccer with friends. On Monday after the American holiday weekend, he described the injury as a total rupture of the ATFL – an ankle ligament. At the time, he was slated to play in the Scottish Open as a tuneup for the following week’s British Open at St. Andrews.

McIlroy’s injury most certainly paves the way for Texan Jordan Spieth to be the tournament’s odds-on favorite. Spieth has claimed the year’s first two majors, winning in wildly different fashion. He ran away from the Masters’ field in record-setting fashion in April, whereas last month he won the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay on the tournament’s final hole.

Though he hasn’t won a major since last year’s PGA Championship, McIlroy would have entered the Open Championship as the favorite. Last season’s tournament was the catalyst for a dominating run that saw McIlroy clean up at the year’s final two majors, along with the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (his first World Golf Championship victory), all in succession.

For the 2015 season he has two victories, including a tournament record 21-under par, 7-stroke victory at the Wells Fargo Championship in May (the performance also broke a Quail Hollow course record with a 61 on moving day).

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