Here's Rory McIlroy hitting a ridiculous hook (it's OK, it was on purpose)

If Golf Channel trailed me for a round, they would see me, too, hit some wicked, physics-defying right-to-left hooks. The difference is I'm definitely not trying to do that.

Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, is good enough to hit such a shot on command, in this case salvaging a miserable 137-yard tee shot on the par-5 second by hooking his tee shot back into the fairway, eventually saving par and remain at three under for the championship.

Here it is:

Even when Rory only hits it 137 off the tee, he can make par. > #QuickHits > http://t.co/VkvArPVyHo — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) > May 8, 2015

After the shot, you hear announcer Roger Maltbie saying such a route was "hard to imagine," to which Nick Faldo replied, "You need some more imagination in your life, my good man."

Hey, no reason to get personal!

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