Rory McIlroy’s stunning reaction to Travelers Championship hole in 1

Rory McIlroy had the second of the day Thursday on the Vacationers Championship.

McIlroy knocked in his tee shot for a hole-in-one on the 214-yard par-3 eighth gap, the fifth hardest gap on the golf course.

McIlroy’s ace was shockingly the primary he recorded on the PGA Tour, a exceptional feat contemplating he has gained 4 majors and 23 occasions on tour.

However he didn’t appear too amused along with his ace after it occurred. He tossed his ball to a fan as he headed off the eighth inexperienced.

“I’m not sentimental. I don’t care,” McIlroy stated when requested about his hole-in-one ball. “I’d moderately have trophies than golf balls.”

The Golf Channel announcers had been surprised, saying they might have saved that ball.

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Regardless of giving his ball away, McIlroy knew his hole-in-one jump-started his spherical.

“[As far as] hole-in-ones go, I’ve had them prior to now the place it has been an okay shot, and also you get slightly fortunate,” McIlroy stated after his spherical. “That was the most effective shot of the day that I hit. I performed fairly averagely up till that time. I felt like that hole-in-one bought me going slightly bit. Birdied the following couple of holes after that and bought me into the match a bit.”

When McIlroy hit his tee shot on the eighth, he was 1-over for the match. He seemed out of sync, disengaged, and it appeared that his solo-second end on the U.S. Open would put on him down in Connecticut.

However his ace vaulted him to crimson figures, and he in the end shot a 2-under 68 Thursday.

He adopted that up with a 6-under 64 Friday as McIlroy roared into competition at TPC River Highlands.

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