The final act opened with McIlroy and Reed, a delicious showdown between the world No3 and No8 respectively and the most in-form players from either side. But as they marched down the fairway after cracking their opening tee shots into the Minnesota clear, few could have imagined the theatre to come. That objective was achieved as a flood of blue washed over the scoreboard while McIlroy and Reed exchanged haymakers throughout the front nine that left observers slack-jawed. After McIlroy drained a 55ft birdie putt on the 8th, he cupped a hand to his ear: “Fucking come on! I can’t hear you!” But Reed answered with a long-range putt and gesticulations of his own towards the delirious crowd.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2016 22:09 UTC