McIlroy had looked all set to get into contention as he began the back nine with four birdies in a row to get to four-under par. PHOTO: FILE
Rory McIlroy stormed off the 18th green at the BMW Masters yesterday having seen a great chance to challenge for the trophy disappear into a greenside bunker.
The 24-year-old banged his putter angrily on the steps leading to the scorers’ hut at Lake Malaren in Shanghai after a disastrous double-bogey six at the fearsome finishing hole all but blew away his title hopes.
McIlroy had looked all set to get into contention as he began the back nine with four birdies in a row to get to four-under par.
With a birdie opportunity at the par-five 15th to come, it looked odds-on that McIlroy would be within touching distance of the leaders going into today’s final round of the $7 million event.
However, three putts after splashing out to 15 feet at the last put him back to two-under for the tournament and provoked his angry response.
Luke Guthrie of the United States was joined at the top of the leaderboard on eight-under par by Spain’s Rafael Cabrera-Bello at the end of day three.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 27th, 2013.
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