Nick Faldo bemoans McIlroy absence from intriguing Open battle

Four-time major winner McIlroy is unable to defend the title he won at Royal Liverpool last year and will have to watch the action unfold at the Home of Golf after rupturing ankle ligaments during a kickabout with his mates 10 days ago.
Faldo, 57, thinks that is a great shame, denying the golfing public an opportunity to see the greatest golfers of their generation go head to head as world number two Spieth attempts to win a third consecutive major following his Masters and US Open wins earlier in the season and line up a shot at an historic calendar Grand Slam.