Rory McIlroy snaps driver, then nearly pulls off the unthinkable
Rory McIlroy’s torrid start to the US Open continued at The Country Club (Brookline, Mass), where he snapped his driver on the par-four 10th hole then nearly pulled off the unthinkable. The four-time major champion was forced to reach for one of his backup drivers and performed valiantly with the substitute stick – finding the fairway and leaving himself only 179 yards to the hole. McIlroy’s approach shot was delicate and fell 20 feet from the flagstick, giving him a chance to salvage a birdie that would keep him in striking distance of the lead.