Virginia Water: World number two Rory McIlroy was blown off course by unseasonally cold weather at Wentworth on Thursday, bogeying five of the last six holes to sink to a two-over 74 in the PGA Championship first round.
The 24-year-old Northern Irishman made an encouraging start to the European Tour's flagship event and was three-under after 12 holes but a series of late blunders meant he walked off the 18th green a frustrated youngster. "It was one of those rounds I let slip through my fingers," McIlroy told reporters after finishing eight strokes adrift of clubhouse leader James Kingston of South Africa.
"It could have been something good and I could have been near the top of the leaderboard but instead I am where I am." McIlroy said the chilly eight-degree temperatures and winds gusting up to 20mph combined to make it a tough day for scoring at the long 7,302-yard West Course on the outskirts of London.
"The thing that gets me is the cold and I was wearing mittens all day," he added after finishing with bogey sixes at the 17th and 18th. "Your body just doesn't feel the way it usually does and we are so used to playing in warm conditions these days. This is a little bit of a change," said McIlroy who plays a lot of his golf in the United States....
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10:55 PM, May 23, 2013
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08:52 AM, May 10, 2013
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08:54 PM, May 09, 2013
Charlotte: World number two Rory McIlroy, back at the scene of his first PGA Tour win, fired a five-under 67 at Quail Hollow on Thursday for a seven-way share of the first-round lead in the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Northern Irishman was joined atop the leaderboard by Americans Nick Watney, Ryan Moore, Robert Garrigus, Daniel Summerhays, Derek Ernst and Monday qualifier Nate Smith. Another six players...
09:05 AM, May 03, 2013
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09:45 PM, Apr 15, 2013
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03:23 AM, Apr 10, 2013
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08:08 AM, Apr 08, 2013
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07:11 PM, Apr 06, 2013
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08:36 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Points, who finished at 16-under 272, picked up his second PGA Tour victory. ...
08:49 AM, Apr 01, 2013
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09:08 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Haas collected birdies at 12 and 13 before adding an eagle at the par-five 16th to reach the turn at four-under. ...
06:00 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Rory McIlroy said his confidence was returning from its lowest point ever after shooting a one-under round of 71 at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. ...
10:48 AM, Mar 10, 2013
Rory McIlroy remains well down the leaderboard but the Northern Irishman's swing troubles seem to have eased with his first under-par round of 2013 at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. ...
08:16 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Woods was 40 feet away, just inches outside of where McIlroy's 4-iron had stopped on the tough par 3. ...
06:19 PM, Mar 08, 2013
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07:31 PM, Mar 07, 2013
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09:32 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Tiger Woods struggled to a four-over par 74 in the final round of the Honda Classic on Sunday, ending the week without breaking par once. ...
11:02 AM, Mar 04, 2013
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03:46 AM, Mar 04, 2013
"To me it is not equipment, it is all technique and a little bit of belief inside his own head. He [McIlroy] will be okay," McDowell added. ...
09:49 PM, Mar 02, 2013
