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.

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.

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.

Rory McIlroy’s weird year continued on Thursday in the first round of the DP World Tour’s 2024 BMW PGA Championship.

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 threw his club in the lake on the eighth hole, but the club damage that happened on Thursday during the DP World Tour’s BMW Championship was not his fault.

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry both tee off their second round at the BMW PGA in Wentworth hoping to close the gap on the leaders going into the weekend after solid 67s yesterday.

I don’t think it’s ever happened to me before,' McIlroy said.

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 suffered a freak incident at the BMW PGA Championship when the head came flying off one of his clubs just after hitting a shot

Ahead of this week’s BMW PGA Championship in London, Rory McIlroy briefly touched on the PGA Tour’s pending deal with LIV Golf.