SAN DIEGO – For the second time in a month, Rory McIlroy is playing a PGA Tour event for the first time. And for the second time in January, he’s having to learn a new golf course on the fly.
“I feel like I've watched this tournament a lot on TV,” said McIlroy, who also made his first start at the Sentry Tournament of Champions earlier this month. “It's funny, you get a sort of perception of a golf course from TV, but then you play it, and it does play very different than I thought it was going to play.