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Monday Scramble: McIlroy fit; Lowry scrambles to win

Shane Lowry makes a few great escapes, Rory McIlroy returns to action, Jim Furyk coughs up another 54-hole lead and the best players in the world are reminded that "THIS IS MAJOR" in this week's cheesy edition of the Monday Scramble:

Even before he posted workout videos and spoke in emoji, before he played two practice rounds at Whistling Straits and declared his injured left ankle a “non-issue,” there were many smart people who thought Rory McIlroy would be making a mistake by trying to return for the PGA Championship.

They said he’d be rushing back, that he wouldn’t be 100 percent, that he’d be a victim of his own hubris.