Tyrrell Hatton made a promising start to his title defence at the 2017 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday and carded an opening-round 68 to put him one shot off joint-leaders Nicolas Colsaerts and Paul Dunne.
Rory McIlroy's first day in the competition was less impressive, however, as he shot one-over par at St. Andrews—one of three courses used in rotation—leaving him tied for 92nd place and with plenty of work ahead of him.
Location wasn't a justifiable argument for McIlroy's disappointing performance on Day 1, either, considering 11 of Thursday's top 17 finishers also played their opening round at St.