Nick Dougherty knows Rory McIlroy pretty well.

The Sky Sports Golf host has called the shots on McIlroy's career for a UK audience for the last decade.

Before that, the two golfers played alongside each other as Dougherty's professional career was coming to an end and McIlroy's was beginning.

But just when you think you have seen everything in the game of golf, it finds a way to surprise you.

Dougherty was commentating on McIlroy's first round at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Thursday when he witnessed something new.

A completely mishit skull of a chip shot. Like one of us.

The five-time major winner was looking for a birdie at the 18th when he knifed one across the green and into the opposite bunker.

A stunned Dougherty said: "Was that a mishit?

"No spin at all. I don't t

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