Bizarre scene as Rory McIlroy hits buried ball with wild scramble from the rough
McIlroy found the rough off the tee on the tricky Par-4 but was lucky enough to get a decent lie after his wayward drive.
The five-time major winner took an iron out and ripped one out of the rough, but as his ball flew into the sky, another ball that was buried deep in the heavy rough popped up and landed at McIlroy's feet.
The local hero looked confused as he spotted the ball before throwing the old ball away and laughing off the strange incident.
McIlroy's second shot ended up coming up well short of the green and he was unable to get up-and-down as he slipped back to five-under for the tournament.
Fellow Irish star Shane Lowry didn't have much luck either as his defence of his Portrush crown all but ended on Saturday, thanks in no small part to a virus wreaking havoc with his digestive system.
Lowry sat on the 9th fairway for over 10 minutes as he dealt with the effects of the illness. "Honestly, every bathroom I went in and tried to throw up, I couldn't," he confided. "It's just such a bad feeling. Shane Lowry (Image: ©INPHO/Ben Brady)
"I think my lack of energy towards the end maybe did me in. Look, I don't want to make excuses. It is what it is. It's just really bad timing obviously.
"Honestly, I was hoping to shoot 1-under par, and I got there today on 13, but 14 was playing hard today. I knew, if I could make par there, I could shoot maybe 2-under, 3-under. Then disaster on 14. Yeah, it is what it is.
"The annoying thing for me today is I didn't get to enjoy today as much as I would have liked. Saturday at The Open in your home country, I should enjoy it a lot more than I did, just because of how I felt.
"Hopefully I get out tomorrow morning and try and enjoy it as best I can, try to shoot the best score I can, and then have a couple weeks off before the playoffs.
"For me, my big mindset for the next few months is about the Ryder Cup and trying to win that. That's where all my work is going towards over the next while."
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