You absolutely never know what the Open Championship is going to give you. We found this lesson out once again during Saturday’s round at Royal Portrush. Rory McIlroy, 6-under at the time, was doing his best to chase down Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick and hit his approach shot on number 11.

Rory McIlroy's third-round charge at the Open Championship was derailed in bizarre fashion when he unwittingly performed a two-ball trick shot at the 11th hole.

Rory McIlroy's third-round charge at The Open Championship was derailed in bizarre fashion on Saturday when he unwittingly performed a trick shot at the 11th hole. With one swish of his club, McIlroy not only hit his designated ball out of the rough to the right of the fairway but also dug out another ball that had been buried underneath the turf.

Matt Fitzpatrick

The former U.S. Open champion felt like he hit rock bottom 122 days ago. But he has found a new coach, a new caddie and a groove.

Harris English and England’s Matt Fitzpatrick joined Denmark’s Jacob Skov Olesen, China’s Haotong Li and South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout with 4-under-par 67s to share the first-round lead of the Open Championship on Thursday at Portrush,