GIF: Rory McIlroy nearly takes out defending champion Adam Scott
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Call it strategic, diabolic, or merely happenstance, Rory McIlroy is gunning for defending champion Adam Scott.
[Courtesy - Adam Sarson]
In actuality, McIlroy was just off target (to say it lightly) on the par-3 4th as Scott prepared for his tee shot on 5.
(Just as McIlroy drew it up), Scott suffered his third bogey of the day and dropped to even-par on the tournament after nearly getting pegged by the wayward shot.
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