Rory McIlroy Overcomes Banana Peel Moment at Australian Open

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00:00Rory McIlroy overcomes banana peel moment at Australian Open.

00:04In a sport where precision, routine and focus are everything,

00:08Rory McIlroy is having a season that has felt more like a scripted drama,

00:12one filled with comedic detours and bizarre twists.

00:16The latest episode? A banana peel. Yes, you read that right.

00:20During round three of the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne,

00:24McIlroy's tee shot on the par 4 second hole veered off track

00:27and found itself in the rough alongside a discarded banana peel.

00:31It was sort of a double whammy.

00:33It was in the tough grass and under a banana skin, McIlroy said,

00:37the hint of irony unmistakable.

00:39So instead, he chose to take the shot through the peel.

00:43A ball that advanced a modest 30 feet and led to a double bogey.

00:47And just like that, McIlroy added banana peel recovery shot to his already storied resume.

00:53But the strangeness didn't stop there.

00:55Just a day earlier, Rory McIlroy found himself under the trees on the par 5 14th

01:00and made an uncharacteristic error.

01:03A complete whiff.

01:04The club swung, but the ball stayed put.

01:07Not one of my finer moments, he admitted afterwards.

01:11For a player known for his smooth rhythm and elite ball striking,

01:15it was a moment that felt almost surreal.

01:18Perhaps the most inexplicable moment came during round three of the British Open.

01:22After slicing a drive into the rough, McIlroy struck his approach, shot clean.

01:27But as the ball flew, a second, previously buried ball suddenly popped up from the turf,

01:31ejected by the force of his swing.

01:33The crowd gasped.

01:35McIlroy turned in disbelief.

01:37That is the weirdest, most ridiculous thing I've ever seen, he said.

01:42Despite the chaos, McIlroy held steady in Australia, carding a 3 under 68.

01:47Still, he finds himself nine shots back of Rasmus Niergaard-Peterson and admits,

01:52I am probably going to be too far behind to challenge tomorrow.

01:56But titles aside, McIlroy's 2025 season has delivered something few others can claim.

02:02A Grand Slam victory, a collection of utterly bizarre moments,

02:06and the rare honor of becoming golf's unofficial magnet for the unexpected.

02:10Breasted.