Rory's Tree Root shot

[D2Doug]

Rory about messed up bad yesterday hitting a ball behind a tree root, word is, his shaft bent after ball impact, the impact of club on root ripped it loose from his hands, which he said he was going to turn loose anyway, but it still jammed him up good. MRI was negative for anything broken, thankfully. Unless he's extremely sore today and can't swing, he will play they said.

He realized the error of his ways after the fact, he should have piched out

 

[eclark53520]

He realized the error of his ways after the fact, he should have piched out

Hindsight is always 20/20 as they say...

Pro Golf would be rather boring if they always played the safe shot...but that said, there's no reason to possibly end your career over 1 shot.

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

I haven't read up on this yet. So Roars KNEW there was a root there?! I can't believe he went after it like that knowing there was a root. Why not try to pick it clean or like Doug said, pitch out? Clark, he should have known better. Of course, when I was that age, I thought I was Superman too.

 

[eclark53520]

The tree root was very obvious.

 

[VtDivot]

I would have played the same shot. I also prefer to hit the ball off of a concrete cart path rather than drop it in the rough also - call me crazy.