In this week’s edition of “Professional golfers: They’re just like us,” we take a look at Rory McIlroy early Saturday morning at the Northern Trust.
The defending FedEx Cup champion took a step forward on Moving Day on the first hole with a birdie. He immediately took four steps back – almost literally into a hazard – on the very next hole.
From the left rough on the par-5 second, McIlroy tried to make some magic from 221 yards and barely avoided the water hazard that guards the green. He couldn’t avoid it on his third shot. His chip went backwards into the hazard.
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McIlroy then had to walk back to the drop zone on the other side of the hazard, and from there he proceeded to make triple bogey for what might be the most interesting hole of golf we’ll see all day.
