As the video explains, McIlroy hit his first tee shot into the water, leading to a fan shouting, "just like 2011 at Augusta." After his second shot, McIlroy walked over and asked if he could see the fan's phone, proceeding to walk away with it after.

Rory McIlroy is fighting atop the leaderboard amid the second round of the 2025 Players Championship on Friday, yet most of the public attention on him is more concerned with what happened during a practice round at TPC Sawgrass earlier this week.

Rory McIlroy was interested only in his good start to The Players Championship on Thursday than discussing a heckling incident in which he took the phone of a University of Texas player who had heckled him during a practice round.