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Nick Faldo admits to making ‘rookie’ mistake by spoiling Rory McIlroy’s great shot at the Masters

There’s only one problem with this explanation – Nick Faldo isn’t a rookie.

By now we all know that Scottie Scheffler won the Masters this year with an impressive performance that left no doubts that he’s the No. 1 player in the world.

And we also know that Nick Faldo ruined one of the best moments of the Masters when got way ahead of himself and spoiled Rory McIlroy’s hole out for birdie from the greenside bunker on the 18th hole on Sunday.

Faldo, who was sitting in the tower behind the 18th green, went nuts when Rory’s ball fell into the hole. But CBS at the time was showing Cam Smith getting ready to putt on the 13th hole so viewers didn’t know what he Faldo was yelling about. He then basically told people that something huge had just happened and wait until they see it.

They then went to McIlroy in the bunker and we all knew what was going to happen.

This:

Social media immediately lit Faldo up for ruining such a cool moment. On Tuesday, Faldo went on the “Dan Patrick Show” and explained what happened. He called it a rookie mistake but he’s far from a rookie and should have handled that a million times better.

Here’s his explanation:

I get getting caught up in the moment but Faldo needs to be better than that. Again, he’s not a rookie. He’s been doing this for years and he’s been struggling at it for years.

Golf fans deserve better.

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Security! Fan strolls onto tee, grabs Rory McIlroy’s headcover, iron at abrdn Scottish Open

A fan strolls onto a tee as if to hit Rory McIlroy’s headcover with an iron while McIlroy, Jon Rahm look on at abrdn Scottish Open.

A weird lapse in security appeared to have occurred at the abrdn Scottish Open on Friday when what appears to be a random fan walked onto the 10th tee box, grabbed Rory McIlroy’s dog-shaped driver headcover and an iron. He then set up as if he planned to hit the headcover off the tee with the iron.

McIlroy, playing companion and World No. 1 Jon Rahm, caddie Harry Diamond and several officials stood there apparently flummoxed for several seconds. It was the opening hole of the second round for McIlroy and Rahm, the recent U.S. Open champion who is the early leader at 11 under in the abrdn Scottish Open. Also in the pairing but not on the video was Justin Thomas.

McIlroy and Rahm were casually chatting when the fan confidently strolled onto the tee box and grabbed the iron and headcover as if he was supposed to be there. It took a second for McIlroy and Rahm to even notice anything strange was happening, and when the realization struck that something very odd was occurring, they remained calm and appeared to be looking around for security.

Several people on Twitter posted videos of the event, including this one from @deep_fried_egg.

The man placed the headcover on the tee and set up as if he planned to give it a whack with the iron. An official then spoke calmly with the man, and after a few more seconds somebody called for security. The man was then escorted off the tee, handing back the iron but trying to keep the headcover before a plainclothes and burly security officer grabbed the man by the arm and led him off the tee.

It was all very calm and very odd. McIlroy went on to make par on the hole en route to a second-round 71. He trails Rahm, who shot 65, by 10 shots after two rounds.

Sky Sports reports that police addressed the situation thusly: “Officers were alerted to a man causing a disturbance within the grounds of the Renaissance Club in East Lothian, around 8am on Friday, July 9. The 35-year-old man has been taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and enquiries are ongoing.”

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