Rory McIlroy reckons he survived a “s**tshow” to keep alive his hopes of being involved in the Wentworth weekend.The World No.2 was caught up in farcical late-Friday evening scenes as he just managed to complete his second round at the prestigious BMW PGA Championship.
After play was suspended for 80 minutes in the morning due to fog, it was near darkness as McIlroy finally finished after lengthy delays.The Northern Irishman’s group, which also included Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland, walked on to the final tee with nine others players waiting to drive.
In gathering gloom at 7pm, there were actually five threeballs on the same hole and former Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn had words with a drunk fan who was shouting during the chaos of the log-jam.
McIlroy, 34, got the birdie he needed at the last to get to one-under par and have a realistic chance of making the cut as his playing partner Aberg took a share of the lead.Afterwards, the four-time Major champion said: “It was a s**tshow.
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