Players knew an important part of this week was maintaining patience. Adding the Colorado elevation to the playoff pressure meant the field would think and feel more than normal weeks.
A couple of the world’s best lost their cool on Friday at the BMW Championship.
Rory McIlroy, playing the short, par-5 17th, flared his tee shot into the right rough and tossed his 3-wood. The club tumbled into the pond fronting the green and McIlroy had to retrieve it.
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Rory McIlroy throws his club in the water after tee shot! 💧 pic.twitter.com/tDAgDDCucK
He went on to par the hole and shoot 1-under 71, putting him at 3 under for the tournament and 10 shots off the lead.
Shortly thereafter, Scottie Scheffler was playing the par-4 10th and hit his second shot into the water. Following a penalty stroke and playing his fourth from the drop zone, from 102 yards, he one-hopped a wedge over the green.
Baffled and frustrated, Scheffler turned to his caddie, Ted Scott, and said, perhaps rhetorically, “Is that not enough club? Seriously?
“How is that possible? I thought we were pin high. How? How?!? How is that possible?”
Scheffler made double bogey to drop to even par for the tournament and 13 off the lead.
