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Rory Mcilroy had a third sensational round that saw him increase the classification at the opening on Saturday in Royal Portrush, however, the shot he remembers most is when he hit two balls with a single swing.
Mcilroy, 36, hit a wandering trip in Hole 11 and the ball landed where the fans are. Mcilroy's ball had a decent lie, since the ground had been trampled in recent days.
However, what Mcilroy did not know, was that directly under his ball, there was another golf ball submerged in the ground that could not be seen, since it was buried under the surface.
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Rory Mcilroy of Ireland del Norte reacts after digging up an old golf ball while playing his own ball from the rough in Hole 11 on the three of the 153rd championship open in the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Ireland of the North on July 19, 2025. (Andy Buchanan/AFP through Getty Images)
When Mcilroy balanced, his ball was 117 yards on the street, and when he made contact with the ground, the other ball appeared a few feet in the air and landed between his feet.
Mcilroy almost immediately looked down and picked up the ball with disbelief.
“Oh, my God,” Mcilroy said as he collected the ball that unearthed with his swing.
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Rory Mcilroy of Ireland del Norte reacts after digging up an old golf ball while playing his own ball from the rough in Hole 11 on the three of the 153rd championship open in the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Ireland of the North on July 19, 2025. (Andy Buchanan/AFP through Getty Images)
Mcilroy finally threw the ball into a bush and asked the analyst in the NBC course, Roger Maltbie, “Have you ever seen that before?”
“That is the strangest and ridiculous I have seen,” Mcilroy said after the round.
Mcilroy ended with a bogey and a ball discovered in Hole 11. The Bogey in Hole 11 was his only spot on the day.
Rory Mcilroy of Ireland of the North recognizes the crowd to the crowd in Green 16 during the third round of the British Open Golf championship in the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, on Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
The winner of the Grand Slam came out hot when he thrown three of his first four holes. After his bogey in Hole 11, he responded by exhausting a 56 -foot eagle putt in the 12 hole to recover the blow.
Mcilroy scored another Birdie in Hole 15, and finished 5 under the day for the day, and is 8 bass for the tournament.
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At the time of this writing, Mcilroy is in a draw for fourth place and five blows behind the leader, Scottie Scheffler.
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