World number four Rory McIlroy takes six shots to get out of a bunker during a practice round ahead of the 145th Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland on Tuesday (12th July).

Rory McIlroy taking six shots to get out of the 'coffin bunker'

SOUNDBITE: (English) Rory McIlroy:

"Oh, I think I took an eight or a nine (iron), so that didn't go too well. I headed into the front right bunker and it took me, like, five or six goes to get out of it. There is a lot of sand in the bunkers, so if the ball just sort of trickles in, back into the bunkers, it doesn't go right inot the middle, it sort of stays... Obviously, that lip there is basically vertical, so it (the ball) sort of just stayed there and every time I tried to get it out, it would just go back into the same spot so... Bit of a struggle at the postage stamp today for me, but hopefully the struggles out of the way for that hole."