RORY McIlLROY admitted early this week that he’s been struggling to stay motivated after winning The Masters and achieving the career grand slam.
And the Down native’s woes continued during the second round at the RBC Canadian Open as he carded a horror quadruple bogey during the early stages.
McIlroy struggled in his opening round after a one-over total, and his second round got off to a disastrous start when he shot 8 on the par four fifth hole.
The Masters champion flared his tee shot into the left rough — but it went from bad to worse when he tugged his next shot out of bounds.
His second ball flew the green and McIlroy butchered the hole around the dancefloor, racking up a card-killer of a score.
At the time of writing, the projected cut is two under par- with McIlroy currently an eye-watering seven shots outside the weekend number in Ontario.
The last time he missed a cut came at the 2024 Open at Royal Troon last July.
The Northern Irishman hasn’t finished outside the top 25 in back-to-back events since he went MC-T47 at the 2023 Masters and Wells Fargo.
But he’s almost certain to miss the cut at TPC Toronto after a T47 in his last event played at the PGA Championship.
Elsewhere, Matthieu Pavon carded a shocking 12 on the par 4 10th hole in Canada after starting on the back-nine.
The Frenchman followed up the horror 12 with back to back birdies at TPC Toronto.
Pavon’s unwanted 12 is just the second of that number on the PGA Tour this season.
Meanwhile, Shane Lowry is in contention after another fine round with a midway total of -8.
He’s four-strokes behind overnight leader Cameron Champ, who fired a second-round 66 to continued his fire form with a total of -12.
The American is three ahead of Thorbjorn Olesen after he finished with a second-round 70.
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