The Open: Rory McIlroy finds golf ball with shot in wild scene

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Rory McIlroy had a sensational third spherical that noticed him surge up the leaderboard at The Open on Saturday at Royal Portrush, but the shot he might bear in mind most is when he hit two balls with one swing.

McIlroy, 36, hit an errant drive on the 11th hole and the ball landed the place the followers stand. McIlroy’s ball had a good lie, as the bottom had been trampled on all through the previous few days.

Nonetheless, what McIlroy didn’t know, was that straight beneath his ball, was one other golf ball submerged within the floor that might not be seen, because it was buried under the floor.

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Northern Eire's Rory McIlroy reacts after unearthing an previous golf ball as he performs his personal ball from the tough on the eleventh gap on day three of the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush golf membership in Northern Eire on July 19, 2025. (ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

As McIlroy swung, his ball went 117 yards into the golf green, and when he made contact with the bottom, the opposite ball popped up a number of ft within the air and landed between his ft.

McIlroy nearly instantly seemed down and picked within the ball in disbelief.

"Oh my God," McIlroy stated as he picked up the ball he unearthed together with his swing.

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Northern Eire's Rory McIlroy reacts after unearthing an previous golf ball as he performs his personal ball from the tough on the eleventh gap on day three of the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush golf membership in Northern Eire on July 19, 2025. (ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

McIlroy finally threw the ball right into a bush and requested NBC’s on-course analyst Roger Maltbie, "Have you ever ever seen that earlier than?"

"That's the most eldritch, ridiculous factor I've ever seen," McIlroy stated after the spherical.

McIlroy ended with a bogey, and a found ball on the eleventh gap. The bogey on the eleventh gap was his solely blemish on the day.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Eire acknowledges the gang the gang on the sixteenth inexperienced in the course of the third spherical of the British Open golf championship on the Royal Portrush Golf Membership, Northern Eire, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Picture/Francisco Seco)

The Grand Slam winner got here out sizzling as he birdied three of his first 4 holes. After his bogey on the eleventh gap, he responded by draining a 56-foot eagle putt on the twelfth gap to get the stroke again.