ONE OF US! Herbert tries (and fails) 'desperate' shot in Rory McIlroy match
Lucas Herbert had a relatable golf moment during his match against Rory McIlroy at the WGC Match Play.
Sometimes in match play, your opponent forces your hand and you have to try the impossible.
Lucas Herbert will likely agree after this moment in his last 16 tie against Rory McIlroy at the WGC Match Play.
Herbert was playing well against the 33-year-old Northern Irishman.
The Australian, 27, was 4-under through 11 holes, but found himself struggling to keep up with McIlroy, who was firing on all cylinders.
This was just one of those moments that comes out of nowhere. Golf? It's just hard.
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This all happened on No. 12 at Austin Country Club, a mammoth 588-yard par-5. Both players had wedges into the green playing their third shots.
McIlroy stuffed his to inside six feet, whereas Herbert's approach nestled against the wooden sleeper next to the water short and left of the green.
How exactly do you play this? Toe the putter? Thin a long iron? Kick it and hope nobody notices?
Herbert opted for a wedge and, reader, it went exactly how you would suspect.
The heel, unfortunately, clattered the wood first which immediately closed the club face. His ball came out, only to dart left and find a watery grave.
"He can get the club on it," explained Sky Sports' Nick Dougherty as Herbert stood perilously close to the water. "Just not much of it."
Watch the shot here:
Nightmare fuel.
"The twists and turns of match play," added Ewen Murray in the booth. "Small target. You can see what happened, the heel of the club caught the sleeper, turned the face shut and shot the ball left...with pace.
Added Dougherty:
Murray suggested a thin 5-iron might not have nicked against the sleeper.
Herbert conceded the hole, and it was fair to say he was a little bit flustered as he blasted his drive at the next way, way right.
Still, McIlroy gifted him the hole though, missing a birdie putt from three feet.
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