Rory McIlroy left TV presenter with weeping eyes after threatening to punch himself

Rory McIlroy once threatened to punch himself after suffering a horror show at the 2019 Open Championship.

The Northern Irishman was competing in his first major on home turf, with The Open taking place at Royal Portrush in County Antrim.

McIlroy was expected to deliver a fairytale… what followed was a nightmare.

It got off to the worst possible start when McIlroy equalled his worst-ever score for a single hole in the opening round.

Notching up an unthinkable quad-bogey eight, the Ulsterman also hit a tee shot out of bounds that smashed a fan’s phone screen during an opening round to forget.