Rory McIlroy’s temper boils over as golf star slams club in frustration after miscue

Rory McIlroy is connected people to triumph a sixth Race to Dubai rubric and sixth connected the bounce this week, but this did not halt him from showing his vexation astatine the DP World Tour Championship

Rory McIlroy's vexation got the amended of him successful the 2nd circular of the DP World Tour Championship on Friday, aft the Northern Irishman was seen crashing his nine into the crushed aft an unfortunate mistake.

McIlroy is looking to proceed to constitute his sanction into European golf past books this week, with the 35-year-old successful touching region of winning a sixth Race to Dubai title, and a 3rd connected the bounce. And it has been truthful acold truthful bully astatine the season-ending lawsuit successful the Middle East.

His week astatine the Earth Course got disconnected to a coagulated commencement connected Thursday, carding a five-under-par 67 successful the opening circular to necktie himself astatine the apical of the leaderboard with his Ryder Cup teammate - and LIV Golf rival - Tyrrell Hatton.

Looking to proceed this signifier connected time two, McIlroy began impressively, moving himself into the outright pb with 3 birdies successful his archetypal 4 holes. He past traded a birdie and a bogey astatine the seventh and eighth to guarantee helium made the crook astatine three-under-par for the day.

He was looking to get himself backmost connected the birdie bid astatine the favourable par-four 10th, but a uncommon wayward thrust from the tee near the Northern Irishman successful trouble. Stuck successful the wasteland area, McIlroy recovered himself successful a horrid lie, and keen to prevention his par, was looking to punch his shot backmost retired onto the fairway.

Sitting poorly though, McIlroy failed to execute the changeable helium intended, but helium did negociate to find his mode backmost onto grass, arsenic his effort from the discarded country conscionable astir trickled into the rough. The effort near him a near-impossible up-and-down implicit a bunker with a tucked pin, leaving the four-time large victor frustrated.

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He took retired this vexation connected the prevarication beneath him, hitting his nine into the wasteland earlier trudging implicit to his 3rd shot. He past played a coagulated wedge onto the green, but could lone two-putt, ensuring helium made his 2nd bogey of the day. In accustomed manner though, McIlroy was capable to particulate himself down.

A tally of seven-straight pars past followed earlier helium yet got himself different birdie connected the last spread of the day. Having flirted his tee changeable down the right-hand broadside of the fairway, McIlroy deed a superb five-wood from 270 yards into the green, leaving him 15-feet up the elevation for eagle.

And whilst helium failed to person his archetypal putt, the five-time Race to Dubai champion tidied up to marque four, leaving him astatine eight-under for the event, 1 backmost of leader, Antoine Rozner. Speaking afterwards, McIlroy said: "A small disappointed that I didn't footwear connected aft specified a large start, four-under done seven...

"But yeah, I thought I deed my tee changeable successful the hazard connected the past truthful it was bully to get up determination and spot it adust extremity and up having a 20-footer for eagle. Nice mode to decorativeness and arsenic you say, a bully presumption going into the play close there."