Banana peel stymies Mcllroy charge

A banana skin derailed Rory Mellroy’s charge at the Australian Open on Saturday with the world No.2 nine behind rock-solid Dane Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen who heads a stacked field by two shots.

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Rory Mcllroy

With huge crowds following him in intermittent showers at Royal Melbourne, the Northern Irishman opened his third round with a par before disaster struck.

He missed the fairway on the par-four second at the DP World Tour event, with his ball landing next to a big tuft of grass and under a discarded banana skin.