Water hazards are part of golf. A pond here. A lake there. Throw in a few oceans, even an island green. Typically, however, pools don’t come into play very often on the PGA Tour.
Good, Rory McIlroy fought – he too admits that – so anything is possible.
On the fifth hole of his first game the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play versus Ian Poulter McIlroy went swimming on Wednesday morning.
His tee shot was far left at Austin Country Club, hit the cart lane, jumped over a fence, and landed on the bottom of a pool.
See for yourself:
4th hole: 3-putt from 18 feet.
5th hole: tee-off takes place in the swimming pool.@ IanJamesPoulter takes advantage of Rory McIlroy’s slow start and is 3UP to 5. pic.twitter.com/rhnvApdGOo
– PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 24, 2021
McIlroy recently admitted his swing is a mess afterwards Bryson DeChambeau‘s newly found distance got into his head. Obviously, McIlroy is still looking. On Monday he announced that he would start to work with instructor Pete Cowen. Obviously they still have something to do. And they don’t have a lot of time to figure things out. The masterwho doesn’t have a big McIlroy is only two weeks away.
