A conveniently placed drain saved Rory McIlroy from an awful shot into the water

Golf is never an easy sport. It’s a sport where even the good shots find ways to backfire.

But the reverse happened to Rory McIlroy during Sunday’s final round of the Tour Championship. McIlroy, the tournament leader at the time, hit his second shot on the par-4 eighth well beyond the green to the left. The ball was heading straight for the water, which given the huge money at stake in the FedEx Cup, it would have been costly.

That was until a rogue drain conveniently intervened and potentially saved McIlroy millions of dollars. Shots don’t get much luckier than this one.

Rory owes this drain cover a vacation in the Bahamas pic.twitter.com/dF4XGW1JZR

— Paid man gets bored (@cjzero) August 25, 2019

Seriously, what a break.

Golf fans couldn’t believe how fortunate McIlroy was there. He would save par on the hole thanks to that drain.

better etch rory's name into the drain cap https://t.co/EXi6k2BpS5

— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) August 25, 2019

A drain may have just saved Rory $10 million… pic.twitter.com/gY0jBN0f5r

— Alex Myers (@AlexMyers3) August 25, 2019

they need a RORY plaque next to that drain

— Matthew Wiley (@wiley77) August 25, 2019

Rory owes that drain at least $1 million if he wins this thing

— Two Inches Short (@TwoInchesShort) August 25, 2019

What a save by the water drain for Rory, golf gods are in Northern Ireland today

— Matthew Greene (@greeneHouse12) August 25, 2019

Rory with the break of a lifetime from a drain. Are you kidding me?

— Adam Schupak (@AdamSchupak) August 25, 2019

If Rory holds on to win, he’ll really need to take that drain cover back home for his trophy case. It would be that valuable.