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Taking a Gamble, McIlroy Is Forced to Play With Pain by Calderon Mary
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Taking a Gamble, McIlroy Is Forced to Play With Pain |
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Apparently no major championship this year will be uneventful for Rory McIlroy. There was the spectacular collapse on the final day of the Masters. Then he stormed to victory at the United States Open, and last month he wobbled conspicuously out of contention at the British Open. But less than three holes into the 2011 P.G.A. Championship, McIlroy introduced something new to this golf season: a five-hour medical drama. It started after an errant tee shot on the third hole Thursday, when McIlroy imprudently attempted to use Titleist 907 D1 Driver to hit his ball as it lay near a large, exposed tree root in the woods. It was a near certainty he would strike the root with his downswing and indeed the collision was violent enough to bend the Titleist 907 D1 Driver head. Immediately, McIlroy squeezed his hand and shook his right wrist. What followed was a round that seemed like a cross between “Rocky” and “ER.” It was 15 holes of McIlroy fighting back against the arduous Atlanta Athletic Club golf course with one-armed swings and therapeutic interventions for his bum limb. He iced it, taped it, massaged it, winced a lot, popped an inflammatory tablet or two, then had it taped some more. At first, he looked to be out for the count, shaking his head as if he would withdraw, but then he would seem to revive and plod to the next tee, where he would be greeted by medical personnel. (Titleist 907 D1 Driver) In the end, looking a little dazed but not defeated, McIlroy walked off the 18th hole with an even-par 70, which left him still a contender for his second major title. “I was in a lot of pain but this is the last major of the year and I’ve got six or seven months to get ready for the Masters,” McIlroy said. “I figured I might as well play through the pain.” McIlroy left the course minutes after completing his round to get a magnetic resonance imaging exam of his arm and wrist, which he said was throbbing. The initial diagnosis was a strained tendon. He will be evaluated before his 8:35 a.m. start time Friday to see if he can play Titleist 907 D1 Driver well. McIlroy’s decision to hit the Titleist 907 D1 Driver off the root on what was just the third hole of a 72-hole championship should once again raise the issue of whether he is getting the most seasoned advice from his caddie, J. P. Fitzgerald. A gentle swing with a wedge, sending the ball sideways back into the fairway, would not have exposed McIlroy to the kind of serious wrist injury that can sideline a golfer for a year or more. An off-line tee shot, however, did come to rest in a 10-inch deep hole about the size of a manhole cover just off the par-5 12th fairway, a dastardly break for a golfer with a bandaged wrist. He still made birdie. He made par from a buried lie in a bunker on the 13th hole, hitting Titleist 907 D1 Driver his ball to 18 inches. “All in all, I’m pleased with even par,” he said, though the easy smile that usually accompanies most of his conversation was missing. TaylorMade R11S Driver Titleist 2010 AP2 Irons scotty cameron studio select newport TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 Driver This article is from http://www.septembergolf.com Also,we recommend some good TaylorMade golf clubs to you.Thanks for reading my article! Love golf from my childhood. Do you know any top golf clubs for me? I'm using taylormade r11 driver now, and it's great. PGA Championship Ping Golf
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