Spectators celebrate as Rory McIlroy celebrates his eagle putt on the 18th green in the Amgen Irish Open at The K Club. Photo: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
Give him this, the man is box office. At 5.13 pm today, Rory McIlroy stood over a putt 27 feet 10 inches in length on The K Club’s 18th green, needing eagle to force a play-off to win his second Irish Open and spare us another in the curious line of unheralded Swedish winners.
Approximately eight seconds later, the entire place went balubas. Apoplectic.