Well, that’s one way to play a hole in even par through two rounds…
A day after carding the first hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career by holing a 5-iron at TPC River Highlands’ par-3 eighth hole, Rory McIlroy stepped on the eighth tee box on Friday having just played his previous 16 holes in 8 under. The hole was playing a bit shorter, too, at 177 yards, down from 214 yards the round prior.
But this time, McIlroy, with 8-iron, couldn’t produce anywhere close to the same result. He rinsed his tee shot, coming up short of the green, before re-teeing from the front tee box and sending his third shot about 23 feet past the front pin.