MOSEL, Wis. – If you weren’t quite sure if Rory McIlroy was truly ready to compete at the 97th PGA Championship, it didn’t take long for him to show you that he was.
PHOTOS: PGA Championship, Round 1
Standing 286 yards from the flagstick at the 597-yard, par-5 second hole at Whistling Straits, he ripped a beautiful piercing shot with a 3-wood that pitched onto the green and settled near the left collar, not far from the cliff that separates the golf course from Lake Michigan.