CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. -- For the second straight day, Rory McIlroy 4-putted a green at Cherry Hills, doing it at the same hole as he did on Saturday.
The No. 1-ranked player in the world took it in stride, choosing to laugh at himself rather than get too upset over it.
Just incase anyone missed my 4 putt yesterday, I had to do it again =H decent week overall, still in a great position going to Atlanta.
— Rory Mcilroy (@McIlroyRory) September 7, 2014"It sort of shows everyone out there that we do the same things as they do every weekend," McIlroy said after finishing in a tie for eighth, 6 strokes back of winner Billy Horschel at the BMW Championship.
Of course, McIlroy took the classy way out by failing to mention that most everyone else can't hit 350-yard tee shots, drive par-4 holes or, well, win consecutive major championships.
But McIlroy did give up 5 strokes to par at the par-3 12th over the weekend, making a triple-bogey on Saturday -- when he 4-putted from 4 feet -- and then a double-bogey Sunday when he 4-putted from 19 feet.
And give McIlroy credit for acknowledging that Saturday's 4-putt might have played a role in Sunday's 4-putt.
"Over the second putt it was [on my mind]," McIlroy said. "I said, let's not give any more shots away to this hole. So maybe I put a little bit too much pressure on myself to hole the second putt.
"On the third putt I'm thinking, 'OK, you don't want to 4-putt again,' and I actually [holed] a decent-length putt for a 4-putt."
As for the oddity of it?
"Two 4-putts on the game green? It's not my worst," McIlroy said. "I have 5-putted before. But it's one of those things that at least I can laugh about it and move on."
McIlroy will head to Atlanta for this week's Tour Championship fourth in FedEx Cup points after Horschel moved to second behind Chris Kirk. Bubba Watson, who finished second at Cherry Hills, moved to third. Hunter Mahan is fifth and any in the top five would capture the FedEx Cup with a victory at East Lake.
