Brilliant Cameron Smith wins Open as Rory McIlroy’s major drought goes on

Cameron Smith celebrates his birdie on the 18th (Richard Sellers/PA)

Australia’s Cameron Smith produced a stunning final round to capture the 150th Open Championship and inflict more major misery on a shell-shocked Rory McIlroy.

McIlroy held a two-shot lead midway through the final round at St Andrews and carded a bogey-free closing 70, but that was not enough to end his eight-year drought in the game’s biggest tournaments.