Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods toiled as wind and rain lashed down on the opening round at Royal Portrush in the first British Open held in Northern Ireland for 68 years Tiger Woods struggled on day one of the British Open on Thursday AFP/ANDY BUCHANAN AFP Sport looks at four key moments from Thursday’s play: MCILROY’S MISERY McIlroy’s dreams of lifting the Claret Jug come Sunday barely made it beyond the first hole after a disastrous quadruple-bogey eight got the home favourite off to the worst possible start. The four-time major winner hooked his opening iron shot out of bounds, hitting a watching fan and reportedly breaking her mobile phone in the process. The world number three then pulled his second shot from the tee into the rough, had to take a drop after finding an unplayable lie next to the green and two-putted. After steadying the ship to reach the 16th just three over, worse was to come for McIlroy as he missed a gimmie putt to double bogey and then made a triple bogey on the last to finish eight over. “I’m pretty sure anyone starting with a 79 in this golf tournament doesn’t think about winning at this point,” said McIlroy, who now must refind his form just to make the cut. TWENTY’S PLENTY FOR DUVAL Salt was rubbed into David Duval’s wounds when two hours after he finally reached the clubhouse, his round of 90 was amended up to 91 and 20 over par. The worst… [Read full story]
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