“Actually painful to watch” – Fans react to Rory McIlroy’s closely missed hole-out eagle at 2024 RBC Heritage
Fans on social media have reacted to a shot by Rory McIlroy that caused him to narrowly miss making an eagle.
The Northern Irish golfer teed it up at this week’s RBC Heritage, which commenced with its inaugural round on Thursday, April 18. During the tournament’s third round on Saturday, April 20, he had a nerve-wracking shot that narrowly missed a hole-out eagle.
The PGA Tour shared a video of the golfer’s shot on its X (formerly Twitter) account, with the caption:
“How does this not drop?! 😲 @McIlroyRory narrowly misses a hole-out eagle @RBC_Heritage”
Fans took to the comments section to say watching the shot was painful.
“That missed shot was actually painful to watch,” wrote a fan.
“When a birdie is disappointing,” commented another fan.
“Because the Golf Gods are not nice!!” wrote another fan.
Here are more fan reactions:
Fans’ Reactions (Image via X/@PGATOUR)actions:
Following the third round of the RBC Heritage, Rory McIlroy settled in a tie for 12th place. He finished in a five-way tie with Brice Garnett, Chris Kirk, Xander Schauffele, and Thomas Detry, all with a score of under 10.
McIlroy started the tournament with a score of 67 in the opening round, making three birdies, an eagle, and a bogey to score 4-under 67. He began the round with a birdie on the first hole and then-carded an eagle on the fifth. He carded back-to-back birdies on the 17th and 18th and a bogey on the 12th on Thursday.
McIlroy played a bogey-free round on Friday with three birdies to score 68, followed by another round of 68 on Saturday.
In the third round, the World No. 2 shot four birdies and a bogey on the front nine, adding two bogeys and two birdies on the back nine to score 3-under.
When will Rory McIlroy tee off on Sunday at the RBC Heritage 2024?
Rory McIlroy will enter the final round of the RBC Heritage six strokes behind third-round leader Scottie Scheffler. The fourth round of the PGA Tour event will take place on Sunday, April 21, with Kevin Kisner teeing off on the first hole of the Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head at 8:00 a.m. ET.
McIlroy will pair up with Thomas Detry to start the game at 12:40 p.m. ET, followed by Xander Schauffele and Chris Kirk, who will tee off at 12:50 p.m. ET. Scheffler will tee off at 1:55 p.m. ET with Sepp Straka.
Rory McIlroy has played in seven tournaments this season and made the cut in all of them, recording one top-10 finish and six top-25 finishes. His best performance this season was at the Valero Texas Open, where he finished in solo third place. He also played at the Masters last week and finished in the T22 position.
