If you watched how Rory McIlroy birdied the 18th hole on Thursday at The Players, you will likely remember his closing three for quite some time.
After missing the short grass again off the tee, McIlroy’s ball settled down in the pine straw to the right of the fairway. With water all down the left side, and plenty of trees in his way, it looked like McIlroy was destined for a bogey — or worse.
But then he pulled off an unbelievable recovery, hitting a punch shot that trickled all the way through the fairway and stopped seven feet short of the pin on the green. He then drained
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