FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Through three holes Friday at the PGA Championship Rory McIlroy had one foot out of the door at Bethpage Black.
A wild drive and a bad decision led to a double bogey at his opening hole (No. 10). He kept the theme going with a bogey at the 11th hole and when he needed four shots to reach the 12th green on his way to his second double bogey at No. 12 he was four shots outside the cut and fading fast.
When the 2012 and ’14 PGA champion finally limped his way up the 18th fairway at 5 over for the day a rally seemed unlikely.