Video: Rory's 3-Iron Recovered On National TV
/Recognizing that the WGC Cadillac Championship hasn't exactly been drawing in much buzz despite the claims of The Donald ("attendance through the roof"), someone gave a diver a cart and, while third round play was ongoing, allowed for golf's most-scrutinized recovery effort since Carl Spackler's pool-doodie Bushwood pool removal.
This, just a day after young McIlroy donated his club to the lake, remarkably to great acclaim from the UK press, though to the dismay of Rory his ownself.
Nice work by the diver...and nice work by J.B. Holmes, who Rex Hoggard says just needs to set his clock forward an hour to capture the coveted WGC win. (Beware though, the Golf Gods tend to punish course complaining when in the lead!)
**Alex Miceli on the totally staged but ultimately cute reuniting of club and golfer by Donald Trump.
Trump would like to mount the 3-iron, which McIlroy said he would return to him after the round and have it on permanent display at Trump Doral.
The other option would be to auction it off for charity, but it seemed clear that Trump was already attached to the club, and understandably so, it is a testament to the difficulty of the renovated Blue Monster.
“It's just been such a big story, such a exciting story,” Trump said. “Look, he's a great star, he's a great athlete, a great player. Anything he does is news. It's not like him, but again he did it with great style. I said, It was a great thing that you did it, because it shows a certain human touch. He's a fantastic person."
