He is human after all! Watch Rory make you feel a whole lot better about your game
By Alex Perry
What’s not to love about Rory McIlroy? He’s never afraid to speak his mind, most recently sticking it to the proposed Premier Golf League, and he’s always thinking about other people.
In this instance, the four-time major champion and World No. 1 was on hand to make us mere hackers feel so much better about our game when he chunked not one but TWO shots. In a row!
How often do you see this? (At your course, not from the best player in the world…)
Struggles from the rough.@McIlroyRory chunked back-to-back shots on the par-4 8th and went on to double bogey the hole. He dropped to 3-under and three shots back of the lead. pic.twitter.com/478BS0Mvsp
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 6, 2020
It happened on the par-4 8th in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill and led to a double-bogey 6 that moved McIlroy to 3-over par for the day. But while most of us would crumble, the Northern Irishman bounced back with a birdie at the very next hole.
“The course is tough,” was McIlroy’s fleeting assessment.
But, just for that fleeting moment, he was one of us. Rory, we salute you.
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Alex Perry
Alex has been the editor of National Club Golfer since 2017. A Devonian who enjoys wittering on about his south west roots, Alex moved north to join NCG after more than a decade in London, the last five of which were with ESPN. Away from golf, Alex follows Torquay United and spends too much time playing his PlayStation or his guitar and not enough time practising his short game.
