Rory McIlroy lost the club head on his 9-iron and then lost the lead by going out of bounds on the last hole in shooting an eventful 5-under 67 in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship.

After winning twice on the PGA Tour this season — at the RBC Canadian Open and Genesis Scottish Open — Scotland's Robert MacIntyre is back on the DP World Tour, playing in the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club.

England's Matthew Baldwin eclipsed a powerful field to lead the BMW PGA Championship by one stroke after the first round at Wentworth on Thursday. Baldwin signed for a seven-under round of 65 to top the leaderboard from Denmark's Niklas Norgaard and Belgium's Thomas Detry who carded six-under rounds.

Rory McIlroy’s weird year continued on Thursday in the first round of the DP World Tour’s 2024 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club in England. On the par-5 12th hole, McIlroy hit a bomb of a drive 332 yards down the fairway and had just 178 yards to the flagstick.

Rory McIlroy once threw his 3-wood in frustration at the 2016 British Open at Royal Troon and broke it, and there was that time at the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral when he angrily t

Rory McIlroy's opening round at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth was nothing short of extraordinary. The Northern Irishman carded a five-under-par 67 despite a series of unusual incidents that would have derailed many players.

Rory McIlroy unintentionally accomplished something extremely rare on the golf course on Thursday: his 9-iron head broke off during a shot at the BMW PGA Championship. McIlroy hit a monster second shot on the par-5 12th Hole at the Wentworth Club,