Rory McIlroy once threw his 3-wood in frustration at the 2016 British Open at Royal Troon and broke it, and there was that time at the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral when he angrily threw his club in the lake on the eighth hole, but the club damage that happened on Thursday during the DP World Tour’s BMW Championship was not his fault.

Rory McIlroy’s weird year continued on Thursday in the first round of the DP World Tour’s 2024 BMW PGA Championship.

From Ireland to England, another great performance by Matteo Manassero. The Italian golfer at Virginia Water, in Surrey, closed the first round of the BMW PGA Championship in 4th place with a score of 67 (-5) alongside, among others, Major champions such as Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry.