Rory McIlroy overcame the shock of breaking a club midshot to card an opening 67 in the BMW PGA Championship.In an incident-packed round at Wentworth, McIlroy also had to hit a putt left-handed, saw his tee shot on the 17th bounce out of the trees and then hit his approach to the 18th out of bounds.

Rory McIlroy once threw his 3-wood in frustration at the 2016 British Open at Royal Troon and broke it, and there was that time at the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral when he angrily threw his club in the lake on the eighth hole, but the club damage that happened on Thursday during the DP World Tour’s BMW Championship was not his fault.

Rory McIlroy says breaking his club on the 12th hole of his opening round in the PGA Championship at Wentworth was "a weird feeling".

Rory McIlroy admitted he had endured a "weird" opening day at the European Tour's PGA Championship on Thursday which saw him break a club mid-shot and have to putt left-handed.

Rory McIlroy got off to a hot start at the 2024 BMW PGA Championship. The same can't be said for his 9-iron, which broke during a shot. The post ‘Very weird feeling’: Rory McIlroy explains shot you have to see to believe appeared first on Golf.