Rory McIlroy stood on the 17th tee at 12-under par for the tournament, having made seven birdies already on the day. He was on fire, relying on his new swing change to plot his way around the Yas Links in Abu Dhabi and charge up the leaderboard.
And then disaster struck.
McIlroy found the back-right greenside bunker on the par-3 17th, but it did not appear too troubling. Yet, once McIlroy immersed himself in the trap, he did not realize how little sand sat underneath his ball. The lack of sand caused McIlroy’s clubhead to skip across the bottom of the bunker, leading him to ricochet his second shot
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