Colin Montgomerie insists he can still win a major and heads to next month's Open full of confidence despite his last-hole collapse in the United States on Sunday.
The Scot double-bogeyed the 18th hole at the US Open at Winged Foot when a par would have proved good enough to give him a first major title at the 58th attempt.
Even a bogey would have secured an 18-hole play-off with eventual winner Geoff Ogilvy.
Still, though, he is confident victory in golf's elite tournaments is not beyond him and he fully expects to be a contender at Royal Liverpool next month.
"I wouldn't enter otherwise. I would have given up this game a long time ago," he said.
"I'm going to Hoylake to the Open next month full of confidence. It is tight off the tee and you have to position your ball from the drive. The greens are pretty flat so it should suit me.
"I finished second in the Open last year (at St Andrews), have finished second in the US edition and one day let's hope the door is open. It was open last week but I didn't walk through it."
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