Rory McIlroy ended up with a ripped shirt after his form took a nosedive at a major tournament today.
A string of bogeys saw his lead crash at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
The Holywood man was later pictured inside the scorer’s hut with part of his Nike shirt torn. It is unclear how it ended up ripped.
McIlroy slumped from an overnight lead at 14-under par to a share of sixth place at 12-under par on Dubai’s Earth Course.
The four-time major champion had been looking to become the first three-time winner of the DP World crown.
But he found a greenside bunker when his approach shot into the 15th struck the flagstick and raced backwards, leading to a bogey. He then three-putted the 16th, also for bogey.
On the last hole, where he had double-bogeyed on day two, he found the water that splits the entire 18th fairway ahead of walking off with what was a fourth bogey of the round.
The image of him and his ripped shirt was quickly doing the rounds on Twitter.
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