Rory McIlroy bombs a hook right off the Valhalla property

It was all going so well for Rory McIlroy, who made the turn inside the top 10 with a steady 3-under 35 to start his PGA Championship.

Then things came undone at the par-5 10th hole, which measures about 595 yards and is not really a two-shot hole. We’ve seen a few guys get up near the front of the green, and Rory went for it by ripping a fairway wood. But he went right ahead and ripped it off the entire golf course.

He’d drop a provisional right away and again miss out to the left, his ball settling under that service cart in the frame above. McIlroy finished with a double bogey 7 to tumble out of the top 10 and back to 1-under. That’s usually the punishment when you hit it off the property.