Jordan Spieth is confident that plenty more opportunities to win The Open will present themselves after he fell one stroke short of joining a play-off to decide the victor.

The 21-year-old won the first two majors of the year at The Masters and U.S. Open, but he saw his hopes of completing the third leg of the calendar Grand Slam go up in smoke on Sunday.

Spieth hit six birdies to shoot himself into contention, despite a double bogey at eight, but he dropped another shot at the 17th before going back down the slope with his approach at 18 to leave himself a challenging 50-foot putt for birdie.

His effort rolled narrowly wide and saw him finish 14 under for the tournament, with American compatriot Zach Johnson going on to win a three-way play-off against Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman.

"We gave it a great effort," Spieth told ESPN. "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. You don't expect to make the putt from down in the gully, but I wanted to give it a good effort.

"It had a chance to go in, and I was still a little upset about being down there instead of having a really solid opportunity."

Spieth would have become the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win The Masters, U.S. Open and The Open in one year.

But the Texan says his disappointment is more down to missing out on the Claret Jug, adding: "Right now, it's just a tough feeling to be that close in a major.

"It doesn't matter about the historical element of it. Just to be that close on our biggest stage and to come up just short, you know, how many chances do you get?

"I believe I'll have plenty of opportunities like I did. But still, when it doesn't quite work out, it's tough to swallow."