Earlier in the day Rory McIlroy had been making a back nine surge before the golf switched to the main channel and he promptly made a double bogey
, those RTÉ swimming experts back in the Donnybrook studio looked as if they’d found a crystal ball that was shatterproof and all had seen the future with a “W” in it.
Certainly, commentator John Kenny shared such concerns, even if his co-commentator Nick O’Hare produced another “W” into the vocabulary in predicting that Wiffen would “walk” it. JK, in fairness, held it together when it was all over. “Let’s not sniff at this folks, it’s a bronze medal,” said Kenny, paying tribute to the fact that Finke had set a new world record in winning.
Rory McIlroy had just had five straight birdies to move into medal position when the golf replaced the tennis. But what only went and happened? As soon as RTÉ started their golf coverage, didn’t McIlroy only go and hit his approach into the 15th green short into the water? Another “W” for the day that was in it.
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