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Rory McIlroy watches his shot, ahead of Tiger Woods, in the first round of the Championship at the PGA in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Tiger Woods hinted that Rory McIlroy had played a new kind of golf, in the first round of the PGA Championship. PGA.
McIlroy wore released Thursday. He made everything look simple and took advantage & oacute; the opportunities of him in the Southern Hills.
He drove him over the trees and onto the fairways, which set him up. the way for his seven birdies and for an outstanding card of 65 strokes, five under par, which allowed him & oacute; take the preliminary advantage by one hit in the round.
Woods tried He tried to choose the place where he would place the ball but he never looked good. very successful. evidenced He has problems with a right leg that he said hurts more than it did last month at the Masters.
His performance fell apart. in the middle of the day. In the end, with two bogeys, he signed a 74.
McIlroy managed to Instead what he needed as he looks to end a nearly eight-year drought in the majors. Many of those failures have followed bad starts.
Now, he has his best score since a five-under 66 in 2014, when he won & oacute; the PGA Championship at Valhalla, the last of his four majors.
“ Well, it’s all a matter of going out, sticking to your game plan, executing as well as possible and continuing in your own little world & rdquo ;, he expressed. McIlroy.
Woods suggested that McIlroy’s round shows how much golf has changed.
“The game is different. He is now more aggressive and I know it & rdquo ;, he commented. But I looked for my objectives. If he had hit the ball solid and put it on the fairway, everything would have been fine.”
Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge each opened with rounds of 66. Matt Kuchar and Mexico’s Abraham Ancer they were on the next rung, a stroke behind.