Rory McIlroy’s third-round cost on the Open Championship was derailed in weird vogue Saturday when he unwittingly carried out a trick shot on the eleventh gap.
With one swish of his membership, McIlroy not solely hit his designated ball out of the tough to the best of the golf green but in addition dug out one other ball that had been buried beneath the turf.
The second ball popped out of the bottom, a lot to McIlroy’s shock. He picked it up and held it out in entrance of him, trying confused.
McIlroy then laughed it off and tossed the thriller ball into a close-by bush. NBC Sports activities commentator and former caddie John Wooden stated a surprised McIlroy requested him if he had ever seen something prefer it.
His shot wound up being a poor one, not even reaching the inexperienced, and he could not stand up and down for par. The bogey — the primary of his spherical — dropped him to 2 below for the day and 5 below for the event at Royal Portrush.
He rebounded from the weird second with an eagle at No. 12 that drew a roar from the group.
McIlroy birdied three of his first 4 holes then settled for all pars till the shocking second on the eleventh.
The Related Press and Area Stage Media contributed to this report.