Rory left to rue fateful decision to ‘go for it’
His decision not to play sideways and safely out of trouble when his tee shot at the third hole rested in front of an exposed root cost him dearly. By going at the pin from his lie, the club struck the root on the follow through and McIlroy jarred his right wrist.
One strained tendon later, allied to some problematic putting and the 22-year-old US Open champion was down among the also-rans at Atlanta Athletic Club and left with a definite case of what might have been, having come into the final Major so full of confidence following a top-10 last week at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio.
