RORY MCILROY caught an outrageous stray during a discussion about the upcoming US election on ABC.
The PGA golfer found himself at the centre of a brutal swipe at Vice President Kamala Harris during the latest episode of This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
Reince Priebus, a former White House Chief of Staff under Donald Trump was criticising Harris' recent appearance on US talk show The View.
The former chairman of the Republican National Committee was picking holes in Trump's rival when he dragged up McIlroy's collapse at the US Open in June.
Priebus said: "She wanted to clarify the two most important issues that are facing these two candidates – the US economy and immigration.
“She bombed like Rory at the US Open and said that there would be nothing that she would do that would be different to Joe Biden.”
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Missing out on the US Open title was undoubtedly one of the most disappointing days in McIlroy's career.
McIlroy was left utterly devastated after his last hole implosion made him narrowly miss out on the US Open to Bryson DeChambeau.
Holding a two-shot lead during the final round, McIlroy carded three bogeys across the final five holes - missing two putts from a combined distance of seven feet.
The Northern Irishman called it the "toughest day in 17 years" after he came within two shots of ending his 10 year major drought.
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The former world No1 stepped back from golf course for a few weeks following his meltdown at Pinehurst and divorce U-turn drama.
He called off his separation less than a month after he initially filed paperwork to split with the mother of his three-year-old daughter.
Responding to the random gibe, one fan wrote on X: "McIlroy catching strays while political pundits talk about Kamala Harris."
A second said: "Rory McIlroy just caught an unnecessary / awesome stray."
A third added: "Damn! Why is poor McIlroy being dragged into this?"
While another replied "We’ve reached a point in the election cycle where even McIlroy is catching strays."
