{"id":248450,"date":"2025-11-07T01:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/248450\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T01:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:49:08","slug":"rory-mcilroy-must-be-tested-for-peds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/248450\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy must be tested for PEDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy left fans stunned after driving the green on the 394-yard par-4 10th hole during the opening round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The Northern Irishman\u2019s massive shot went viral after NUCLR Golf shared the clip on X, drawing a mix of disbelief and admiration from fans.<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy, known for his driving power, averages 320.3 yards off the tee this season and ranks third in strokes gained off the tee (+0.89). Still, this particular drive stood out, with fans joking that his distance seemed unreal.<\/p>\n<p>One fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JGiddyRon\/status\/1986502980129202428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRory must be tested for PEDs\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnProv1\/status\/1986427549748982209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">added<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s ridiculous!! \u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tiredofshitppl\/status\/1986436662964986176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">commented<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrug test his balls!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, another fan<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/engineeringolf\/status\/1986421329730675077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\"> joked<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t care where he finishes in the tournament, just where he finishes in strokes-gained-driving with the new big stick \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy debuted his new TaylorMade Qi4D driver in Abu Dhabi this week which many believe is behind the explosive shot. Not everyone was convinced though, as one fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/golfan101_\/status\/1986502758632202356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">quipped<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s still gonna lose lol\u201d<br \/>\n<img class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"3415\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/11\/5e417-17624663037117-1920.jpg\"  alt=\"A screenshot of Fan reactions on NUCLR Golf's post (via X)\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/11\/5e417-17624663037117-1920.jpg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%203415%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/>A screenshot of Fan reactions on NUCLR Golf&#8217;s post (via X)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/rory-mcllroy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Rory McIlroy<\/a> shot a 4-under 68 in the opening round making five birdies and one bogey. He started with a par on the first hole, then birdied the 2nd and 3rd to move to 2 under. He dropped a shot at the 5th but he recovered with a birdie on the 7th to finish the front nine in 34, two under.<\/p>\n<p>On the back nine he birdied the 10th and 11th and parred his remaining holes to close out the round. Rory McIlroy currently sits tied for 27th heading into the next round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.<\/p>\n<p>When will Rory McIlroy tee up in the second round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship?<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy will begin his second round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship from the 1st tee at 11:50 a.m. (local time). He will play in the final group alongside Tyrrell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/tyrrell-hatton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Hatton<\/a> and Marco Penge. Friday\u2019s second round will feature 24 groups of three players each, with the first tee time scheduled for 7:17 a.m. (local time).<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the complete list of tee times and groupings for Round 2 of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship:<\/p>\n<p>07:17 AM \u2013 Ryggs Johnston, Jeong Weon Ko, and Joe Dean07:28 AM \u2013 Andrea Pavan, Ben Schmidt, and Manuel Elvira07:39 AM \u2013 Ryan Gerard, Joel Girrbach, and Alex Fitzpatrick07:50 AM \u2013 Matthew Jordan, Dylan Naidoo, and Francesco Laporta08:01 AM \u2013 Ludvig \u00c5berg, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Adrien Saddier08:12 AM \u2013 Nacho Elvira, Connor Syme, and Marcel Schneider08:28 AM \u2013 Oliver Lindell, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, and Johannes Veerman08:39 AM \u2013 Michael Kim, Richard Mansell, and Marcus Armitage08:50 AM \u2013 Jacques Kruyswijk, Shaun Norris, and Joost Luiten09:01 AM \u2013 Patrick Reed, Daniel Brown, and Thriston Lawrence09:12 AM \u2013 Tom McKibbin, Keita Nakajima, and Martin Couvra09:23 AM \u2013 Robert MacIntyre, Alex Noren, and Kristoffer Reitan09:44 AM \u2013 Richard Sterne, Rafa Cabrera Bello, and Mikael Lindberg09:55 AM \u2013 Romain Langasque, Junghwan Lee, and Ugo Coussaud10:06 AM \u2013 Aaron Rai, Darius Van Driel, and Alejandro Del Rey10:17 AM \u2013 Jacob Skov Olesen, Brandon Robinson Thompson, and Todd Clements10:28 AM \u2013 Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, and Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard10:39 AM \u2013 Ewen Ferguson, Jorge Campillo, and Grant Forrest10:55 AM \u2013 Calum Hill, Kazuma Kobori, and Nicolai H\u00f8jgaard11:06 AM \u2013 Andy Sullivan, Eugenio Chacarra, and Nicolai Von Dellingshausen11:17 AM \u2013 Elvis Smylie, Jayden Schaper, and Angel Ayora11:28 AM \u2013 Jordan Smith, Joakim Lagergren, and Daniel Hillier11:39 AM \u2013 Laurie Canter, John Parry, and Li Haotong11:50 AM \u2013 Tyrrell Hatton, Marco Penge, and Rory McIlroy<\/p>\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p>\nCancel<br \/>\nSubmit\n<\/p>\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEdited by Sonali Verma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy left fans stunned after driving the green on the 394-yard par-4 10th hole during the opening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-248450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}