Travelers Championship 2022: Rory McIlroy makes quadruple bogey as he drops off leader Xander Schauffele

Rory McIlroy carded a quadruple bogey and a double bogey as he tumbled out of the lead at the Travelers Championship. After producing a sizzling opening round, he breezed into a healthy advantage mid-way through the second 18 holes before things completely unravelled. Ad/> It was Xander Schauffele who took advantage of McIlroy’s back-nine woes to move into a five-shot lead at 14-under at TPC River Highlands.

Travelers Championship'You want to ride that wave' — McIlroy makes eight birdies to take clubhouse leadYESTERDAY AT 16:51 McIlroy made a stunning start with birdies on one and three, but a mistake off the tee on the fourth hole drew a horrible lie in a bunker. After considering a number of options, he hit the ball with one foot in the sand and the other on a bank — and scuttled the ball forwards but he was unable to make a par putt. He thrilled the crowd on the seventh, as his putt did a full 360 degrees of the cup before dropping in for another birdie.

/> He breezed to 13-under with the minimum of fuss, but things went awry on the 12th. At 390 yards, it is a hole that is a tease for players as they have a host of options. They can take a driver and bang it over the bunker on the right, play an iron and leave a longer second or take a three wood and play to the left of the bunker.

McIroy went for the latter and pulled it out of bounds. The re-load went way to the right, from where he could only find a greenside bunker from a difficult lie. He sent his bunker shot over the other side of the green, and his chip — his sixth shot — failed to find the putting surface.