Hey, did you know Rory McIlroy can still hit incredible golf shots despite the fact that he broke an iron while hitting at

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.

Not that it hurt the four-time major champ. McIlroy was on fire at Wentworth during the first round of the DP World Tour event when he arrived at the par-5 12th. After a great drive, he took aim with an 8-iron. And then this happened:

McIlroy had a crazy first round at the BMW PGA Championship as he had to get creative and worth through a broken club to contend.

Professional golfer Rory McIlroy's daughter Poppy, 4, might be following in her father's footsteps already. "We got her her first real clubs for her birthday this year, so she’s started taking a little bit of an interest,

Rory McIlroy overcame the shock of breaking a club midshot to card an opening 67 in the BMW PGA Championship. In an incident-packed round at Wentworth, McIlroy also had to hit a putt left-handed, saw his tee shot on the 17th bounce out of the trees and then hit his approach to the 18th out of bounds.

PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy had one of the most bizarre shots of the year at the BMW PGA Championship Thursday when his 9-iron club head flew along with the ball.

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,

Maybe Rory McIlroy’s luck is changing. In his first round since losing the Irish Open in agonising scenes last Sunday, the world No 3 watched in disbelief as he hit an approach shot to seven feet - but only after the head of his nine-iron had flown off down the fairway.