Jordan Spieth Just Misses Grand Slam

For the first time since August, there was a major winner other than Jordan Spieth. The winner of the Masters and the U.S. Open was in contention to add the Claret Jug to his major haul for 2015 until the very end Monday at The Open, when a birdie putt from the Valley of Sin on the final hole went about 3 inches left of the cup and denied Spieth a spot in a playoff and the opportunity to become the first player to win golf's modern Grand Slam.

"We gave it a great effort," said Spieth, who finished at 14-under. "... Ideally, par-birdie is a perfect way to finish out here, and that would have gotten the job done, so it stings a little bit. Ultimately, I thought we gave it a pretty good run."

Spieth rolled in a 50-foot birdie putt on the 16th to create a three-way tie for the lead, but he bogeyed the next hole -- the famous Road Hole on the Old Course -- to fall 1 shot back of the leaders heading to No. 18.

After hitting his drive left and leaving his approach shot just short on No. 18, Spieth tapped in his par putt to finish with a 69 -- 1 shot from joining the three-way, four-hole playoff between eventual winner Zach Johnson, Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen.