Rory McIlroy gives away old driver to Facebook fan on a whim

You never know who reads what you write. That's something I was taught a long time ago, and it's a lesson one of Rory McIlroy's fans learned earlier this week on Facebook.

One of McIlroy's Facebook fans, Barry Edwards, offered a comment to one of the world No. 3's posts, suggesting he needed a new driver and joking that would be more than happy to take one of McIlroy's old Nike Golf drivers off his hands.

Well, McIlroy dropped into the comments to respond to Edwards, offering him an older Nike Covert driver. All Edwards had to do was shoot him a Facebook message with his mailing information.

Needless to say, Edwards was very surprised -- and very happy.

Via Imgur and Reddit/golf

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