CHICAGO, Illinois: Rory McIlroy came within a handful of minutes of committing one of the biggest Ryder Cup blunders of all time on the final day of the Ryder Cup yesterday.
He mistook which time zone he was in and was quietly getting ready to leave his hotel when he was informed that his tee-off time in his closing singles match against Keegan Bradley was in 25 minutes time.
There followed a high-speed dash in police car to get to the Medinah Country Club, where he arrived with just several minutes to spare.
Asked what had caused the confusion McIlroy said: “I looked at the tee times last night, and I must have saw them in eastern time and I thought it was 12:25 instead of 11:25.
“Walking out my hotel room door this morning at 11:00, and I get a phone call saying, ‘You’re on the tee in 25 minutes.’
“I’ve never been so worried going to the golf course,” said the world number one. AFP
