Frustration got the better of Rory McIlroy on another day of toil at Royal Troon as the Northern Irishman broke one of his clubs.
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TROON, Scotland, July 16 Overnight pacesetter Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson were locked together at the top of the leaderboard on 11-under-par after six holes of the British Open third round on Saturday.
McIlroy slammed his 3-wood into the turf sending the club head one way and the shaft another after carving his second to the par-5 16th way right. Watch a clip of Rory’s fury below.
“Instead, most of the questions I get are comparing (my performances) to a year ago and, therefore, are negative because it’s not to the same standard”. So it was probably partly to do with that and partly the throw as well.
“I think I’ve been saying all week that you need to get off to a good start on this golf course, and you need to be under par early, and I wasn’t able to do that”, the 2014 champion admitted. “No one likes to make the same mistake twice, and that’s basically what happened”.
When I made birdie on the fourth I thought OK, I’m back into it and let’s just try and play our way into contention. “I just didn’t convert so when I was looking to go out in something like 32 or 33 and end up with a 37 it’s tough and it’s hard to expect you to shoot something good on the back nine because it’s playing so tough”.
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“I’m struggling reading them and then, because of that, I have a tough time hitting a nice, solid putt on a line and being confident about it”.
