This one will sting for a while.

Tiger Woods was poised to make a run at his 15th major title but simply never got on track Sunday in the final round of the 142nd Open Championship at baked-out Muirfield in Gullane, Scotland.

The top-ranked Woods entered the final round tied for second, two shots behind leader Lee Westwood. But Tiger bogeyed three of the first six holes and never challenged, closing with a 3-over-par 74.

Tiger tied for sixth at 2-over-par 286, five strokes behind winner Phil Mickelson, who matched the week’s best score with a final-round 66.

After putting on slick greens early in the tournament, a composed but frustrated Woods said they got progressively slower and he had a hard time adjusting.

“They were much slower, much softer,” Tiger said.

“I don’t think I got too many putts to the hole. I really had a hard time and left myself a couple of long lag putts early on when it was really blowing and left them way short and didn’t make those putts. I really didn’t play that poorly.”