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Rory McIlroy finished his first round at the PGA Championship tied for 105th with a score of four-over-74. He struggled with his driving accuracy, hitting only five of 14 fairways.
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Rory McIlroy on Thursday at Aronimink Golf Club.Getty Images
Rory McIlroy is 18 holes into his PGA Championship, and there are a handful of ways you could describe what went down in a four-over-74 round at Aronimink Golf Club that has him tied for 105th.
Poor scoring? There was that. Starting on No. 10, McIlroy played the back nine at even par, and he was even through 14 holes. Then he bogeyed 6. Then he bogeyed 7. Then he bogeyed 8. Then he bogeyed 9. According to stats guru and GOLF.com contributor Justin Ray, Thursday was McIlroyâs 990th PGA Tour round, including majors â and the six-time major winner had previously never made bogey or worse on each of his four closing holes.
Could you also call McIlroyâs round an ugly driving day? You could. He hit just five of 14 fairways, which tied him for 139th in the 156-player field.
âI started missing fairways,â McIlroy said. âI missed the fairway right on 4, the fairway right on 6, the fairway right on 7, fairway right on 9. From there, itâs hard â you know, I didnât have great angles either. Then obviously you start missing it just off the edges of these greens, it gets tricky.
âYeah, I felt like I did OK. I made that birdie on 5 to get back to even par after the soft bogey on 4, then I just got on that bogey train at the end.â
Whatâs happening off the tee?
âIâve sort of got, like I miss it right, and then I want to try to correct it,â McIlroy said. âAnd then Iâll overdo it, and Iâll miss it left. Itâs a little bit of back and forth that way. So thatâs pretty frustrating, especially when I pride myself on driving the ball well.
âI just need to try to figure it out. I honestly thought Iâd figured it out. Coming in here, I hit it well on Sunday at Quail Hollow, and then hit it good at home on Monday. Then ⊠hit it decent yesterday.
âJust sort of, once I get under the gun, it just seems like it starts to go a little bit wayward on me.â
Was Aronimink itself behind McIlroyâs play? It might have been. Several players struggled. The leaders are only at three-under.
Rory McIlroy scored four-over-74 in his first round at the PGA Championship.
McIlroy played the back nine at even par but struggled significantly on the front nine.
It was the first time in his 990 PGA Tour rounds that McIlroy made bogey or worse on each of his four closing holes.
McIlroy hit only five of 14 fairways, ranking him tied for 139th in the field.

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âI wasnât expecting it to be as windy today as it was,â McIlroy said. âI think itâs the breezy conditions that are sort of making the scoring what it is. Itâs hard to get the ball close. Some of the pins are tucked away. Youâve got â say you have a pin tucked over on the left side of the green and the windâs coming off the left, itâs hard to get it over there.
âProbably just seeing a lot of guys hit it to 20 and 30 feet. Theyâre good shots. Itâs just hard to make a lot of those putts.â
But how would McIlroy describe his opening round?
In his press conference, he was asked that exact question by moderator Greg Dillard.
And McIlroy needed just four letters.
âSh*t.â
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