McIlroy and Poulter come up with the birdie of Friday at the Ryder Cup

Rory McIlroy could have been excused for laying up from the hazard. Then he did this, and Ian Poulter drained it. 

McIlroy and Poulter come up with the birdie of Friday at the Ryder Cup
McIlroy and Poulter come up with the birdie of Friday at the Ryder Cup

 

Rory McIlroy wasn't firing on all cylinders on day one of the Ryder Cup, but he did come up with arguably the shot of the day with his incredible iron shot from the water hazard.

Below his feet, an awful lie and playing across the water with the American pairing of Webb Simpson and Bubba Watson already on the green some 30 feet away, McIlroy came up with this pearler before his playing partner Ian Poulter did what he does best...

 


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Europe went on to land their first clean sweep in a Ryder Cup foursomes session and they take a deserved 5-3 lead heading into the weekend at Le Golf National. 

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