Rory McIlroy hit it into the water twice Thursday at The PLAYERS Championship and still fired off a 7-under 65.
However, his tee shot on the par-4 7th created some controversy between him and his playing partners, Jordan Spieth and Viktor Hovland. He hit a low projected shot that appeared to bounce into the water.
The incident caught everyone’s attention because rulings don’t usually take as long as this one did to figure out.
That is in part because both Spieth and Hovland questioned whether Rory’s take on it was correct.
After his round, McIlroy addressed the situation.
“It was just a matter of whether it was above
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