McIlroy in likely hot water after tossing club


  • Golf
  • Saturday, 07 Mar 2015

Mar 5, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Rory McIlroy hits his tee shot on the twelfth hole during the first round of the WGC - Cadillac Championship golf tournament at TPC Blue Monster at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY

(Reuters) - World number one Rory McIlroy earned himself a likely fine by the PGA Tour after losing his cool and hurling a club into a water hazard during an adventurous second round at the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami on Friday.

After pulling his second shot at the par-five eighth into a pond framing the left side of the hole, the Northern Irishman threw his three-iron boomerang-style into the water.

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