"At 5.13 pm today, Rory McIlroy stood over a putt 27 feet 10 inches in length on The K Club's 18th green, needing eagle to force a play-off to win his second Irish Open and spare us another in the curious line of unheralded Swedish winners."
"Approximately eight seconds later, the entire place went balubas. Apoplectic."
At 5.13 pm Rory McIlroy stood over a 27 feet 10 inches putt on The K Club's 18th green needing an eagle to force a play-off and claim a second Irish Open title. The putt carried the potential to interrupt a curious sequence of unheralded Swedish winners. The moment drew intense attention and immediate reaction from the crowd. Approximately eight seconds after McIlroy addressed the ball the entire place erupted; the atmosphere became described as balubas and apoplectic, indicating a dramatic and emotional response to the outcome on the final green.
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