McIlroy splashes a club

Rory McIlroy rotated his hips, transferred his weight and delivered another moment that golf fans won’t soon forget. Except that it wasn’t a shot he hit. It was a club he threw. McIlroy’s frustrations boiled over Friday in the Cadillac Championship in Doral, Florida, with two splashes on one shot – first his ball, then his club. The world’s No. 1 player pulled a 3-iron left of the green on the par-5 eighth, and then slung the club some 50 yards into the lake. “I just let frustration get the better of me,” McIlroy said. “It was heat of the moment. I mean, if it had been any other club, I probably wouldn’t have. But I didn’t need a 3-iron for the rest of the round, so I thought, ‘Why not?’ ”

Associated Press