Rory McIlroy Slings Iron into Water Hazard at WGC-Cadillac Championship

Let’s start here: Rory McIlroy isn’t doing that bad at the WGC-Cadillac Championship.

Update from Sunday, March 8

On Saturday, a scuba diver went into the water to find McIlroy's club:

After the diver found the 3-iron, Doral Golf Club owner Donald Trump delivered the club to McIlroy:

[PGA Tour]

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He’s one under par on the day (as of this writing) and tied for 20th in the overall standings!

This isn’t the untouchable, world-consuming monster we saw McIlroy morph into in 2014, but it’s not exactly a burn-the-bag situation for a professional golfer.

Nonetheless, McIlroy is unhappy, and after a botched shot from the fairway on No. 9, the Northern Irishman slung his 3-iron far, far into the adjacent water hazard.

Golf writer Shane Bacon uploaded a Vine of the toss. We might have a new distance record here:

Also, an obligatory soundtrack for the throw:

And an obligatory #ThugLife redux for good measure:

This isn’t a great look for McIlroy, who once apologized for bending a 9-iron at the 2013 U.S. Open. Given his gigantic sponsorship deal, the whole world knows McIlroy is wrecking The Swoosh every time he debones an iron. 

McIlroy is on pace to make the cut at Trump National Doral. Hopefully he can make do without that long iron.

Dan is on Twitter. Golf ball scuba divers in South Florida are slavering at the lips to get that club.