Rory McIlroy will not be defending his title at this year's Open.
The World No 1 golfer confirmed that injury will rule him out of action next week at St Andrews.
McIlroy suffered the ankle ligament injury while playing football match and on Instagram he confirmed that recovery will not come in time to compete at the peak of his powers:
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A photo posted by Rory McIlroy (@rorymcilroy) on Jul 8, 2015 at 8:38am PDT