Rory McIlroy finishes with a hat-trick of birdies to card a three-under 68 and sit just two shots off the pace after the opening round of the Irish Open at Royal County Down.
Rory McIlroy finished with a hat-trick of birdies to card a three-under 68 and sit just two shots off the pace after the opening round of the Irish Open.
World number three McIlroy was the best of the home hopes with Shane Lowry carding a one-over 72 and Tom McKibbin two shots worse off. This week marks the first time the 35-year-old has played competitively in Northern Ireland since that Open, and while he endured a miserable week on the north coast, he did well to hold his round together here after a wobble in the middle of the back nine.
But McIlroy bounced back at the eighth, his birdie putt dropping in the front of the cup, and he gained his third shot of the round on the par-five 12th with a tidy up-and-down. But while McIlroy left himself in a strong position, his playing partner and fellow countryman Tom McKibbin has work to do after an opening 74.
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