Nightmare start: Rory's quadruple-bogey 8 on first hole
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – The man who shot 61 at Royal Portrush as a 16-year-old amateur was one-third of the way to that total on Thursday at The Open – through four holes.
Rory McIlroy began his first round at Portrush with a disastrous quadruple-bogey 8 at the first hole and added a bogey at the third for a 5-over total through four holes.
The Northern Irishman’s opening-hole adventures began with a wild drive left that struck a fan, 34-year-old Anna McHelvey, hitting her in the stomach and breaking her phone, then dropping out of bounds.