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SPORTSSaturday 30 May 2015
McIlroy misses cut at Irish Open after even-par 2nd round
SHAWN POGATCHNIK Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy looks dejected after hitting his field managed to beat up another shot at the 12th
Associated Press ball into the deep rough on the 18th hole during round two of par Friday as the changing and needed just two more
NEWCASTLE, Northern Ire- the Irish Open Golf Championship at Royal County Down, New- weather drove the cutoff birdies to make the cut.
land (AP) — Early exits are castle, Northern Ireland, Friday, May 29, 2015. score to 5 over. But McIlroy mis-hit his ap-
becoming a habit for Rory Ireland’s Shane Lowry proach to the 15th and
McIlroy, especially in his Associated Press summed up the sense three-putted for a double
home country. of frustration when he bogey, erasing the day’s
The 26-year-old Northern tion charity hosted the Irish set a new course record of smashed his putter against gains.
Ireland native failed to Open for the first time. 66 to join a five-way tie for his bag and broke it after “I just shot myself in the
make the Irish Open cut England’s Tyrrell Hatton the lead at 3-under 139. missing a short putt for par foot,” he said.
for the third straight year showed the field at Royal His score tied a mark from on his third hole. Lowry ac- He drove his shot off the
Friday, shooting an even- County Down that the sea- 1939, but club and Europe- tually played better when 18th tee into an impene-
par 71 that failed to make side links course, bedeviled an Tour officials said it was forced to putt with his trable wall of thorny gorse
up for an 80 in the open- with unseasonably frigid considered a new record wedge, managing three bushes and, after taking a
ing round. It is the second gales and pelting showers, because the course has birdies and making the cut penalty drop, saved par
straight week the world’s could be tamed. greatly changed over the with a 74. with a 15-foot putt in front
top-ranked golfer failed to The 23-year-old Hatton, past 76 years. “Golf’s a weird game and of the cheering grand-
make the weekend, hav- ranked 142nd in the world, Only 15 of the 156-player it’ll drive you mad some- stand.
ing exited early at the PGA times,” said Lowry, who But McIlroy said he wasn’t
Championship at Went- thanked his caddie for per- relishing the tournament’s
worth. suading him to stay on the final two days.
This one, he said, hurt more course. “I might have to show my
because it’s personal. Local fans made the face at a couple things,”
“Obviously I’m playing at Irish Open a four-day, he said.
home in front of a lot of 80,000-ticket sellout in He now has nearly three
friends and family. To not hopes of seeing McIlroy at weeks to prepare for the
play the way I wanted is his best. He gave them brief U.S. Open.
very disappointing. But hope Friday when he sank “I’m honestly looking for-
I’m sort of getting used to a 30-foot putt on the short ward to a couple weeks
it,” said a downcast McIl- seventh for his first birdie of off,” he said.q
roy, whose Rory Founda- the tournament. He picked
SPORTSSaturday 30 May 2015
McIlroy misses cut at Irish Open after even-par 2nd round
SHAWN POGATCHNIK Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy looks dejected after hitting his field managed to beat up another shot at the 12th
Associated Press ball into the deep rough on the 18th hole during round two of par Friday as the changing and needed just two more
NEWCASTLE, Northern Ire- the Irish Open Golf Championship at Royal County Down, New- weather drove the cutoff birdies to make the cut.
land (AP) — Early exits are castle, Northern Ireland, Friday, May 29, 2015. score to 5 over. But McIlroy mis-hit his ap-
becoming a habit for Rory Ireland’s Shane Lowry proach to the 15th and
McIlroy, especially in his Associated Press summed up the sense three-putted for a double
home country. of frustration when he bogey, erasing the day’s
The 26-year-old Northern tion charity hosted the Irish set a new course record of smashed his putter against gains.
Ireland native failed to Open for the first time. 66 to join a five-way tie for his bag and broke it after “I just shot myself in the
make the Irish Open cut England’s Tyrrell Hatton the lead at 3-under 139. missing a short putt for par foot,” he said.
for the third straight year showed the field at Royal His score tied a mark from on his third hole. Lowry ac- He drove his shot off the
Friday, shooting an even- County Down that the sea- 1939, but club and Europe- tually played better when 18th tee into an impene-
par 71 that failed to make side links course, bedeviled an Tour officials said it was forced to putt with his trable wall of thorny gorse
up for an 80 in the open- with unseasonably frigid considered a new record wedge, managing three bushes and, after taking a
ing round. It is the second gales and pelting showers, because the course has birdies and making the cut penalty drop, saved par
straight week the world’s could be tamed. greatly changed over the with a 74. with a 15-foot putt in front
top-ranked golfer failed to The 23-year-old Hatton, past 76 years. “Golf’s a weird game and of the cheering grand-
make the weekend, hav- ranked 142nd in the world, Only 15 of the 156-player it’ll drive you mad some- stand.
ing exited early at the PGA times,” said Lowry, who But McIlroy said he wasn’t
Championship at Went- thanked his caddie for per- relishing the tournament’s
worth. suading him to stay on the final two days.
This one, he said, hurt more course. “I might have to show my
because it’s personal. Local fans made the face at a couple things,”
“Obviously I’m playing at Irish Open a four-day, he said.
home in front of a lot of 80,000-ticket sellout in He now has nearly three
friends and family. To not hopes of seeing McIlroy at weeks to prepare for the
play the way I wanted is his best. He gave them brief U.S. Open.
very disappointing. But hope Friday when he sank “I’m honestly looking for-
I’m sort of getting used to a 30-foot putt on the short ward to a couple weeks
it,” said a downcast McIl- seventh for his first birdie of off,” he said.q
roy, whose Rory Founda- the tournament. He picked
