article_snippet: (CNN)It was an act of frustration perhaps more commonly associated with golf's fictional anti-hero Happy Gilmore than the world's reigning No 1. player.
article_snippet: But when Rory McIlroy pulled Rory McIlroy second shot on the eighth hole of WGC Cadillac Championship into a lake Friday, Rory McIlroy might as well have been channeling the much loved Adam Sandler character.
article_snippet: Before continuing Rory McIlroy round with a dropped ball, the four-time major winner launched the 3-iron used to play his second shot into the water as well.
article_snippet: (It) felt good at the time," a rueful Rory McIlroy later said of the incident in comments carried by the PGA Tour website.
article_snippet: I just let frustration get the better of Rory McIlroy.
article_snippet: The club "must have went a good 60, 70 yards," Rory McIlroy joked.
article_snippet: While an improvement on last weeks performance at the Honda Classic event, where Rory McIlroy failed to make the cut, the Northern Irishman's frustration with elements of Rory McIlroy game was still clear.
article_snippet: I think every golfer feels it because I don't hit shots like the one I hit on 8 on the range," Rory McIlroy said.
highlights_snippet: Rory McIlroy throws club into water at WGC Cadillac Championship .
  
highlights_snippet: Northern Irishman frustrated after pulling shot into water hazard .