British open 2025: Rory McIlroy is fighting with a team but nine shots better than the first round in 2019. years

Portrush, Northern Ireland – there was no first tee or opening this time.

Determined to be better prepared than when in 2019. precisely before the parent fans in the Royal Portroška in 2019. years, McIlroy started this 153^rd Open with 1-sheet 70 – nine strokes better than six years – which left only three shots from early pace.

Six years ago, McIlroy ran home for the first techo that was pulled out of the borders and led to the stunning four-legged Godheads and Thursday 79. At that time he drove too much support to the partisan audience, rooted on their favorite son grown in an hour, in Holywood.

Support seemed more huge this year, after Mcicloy cemented his legendary status of this spring filling out the Grand Slam in a career on masters. He arrived at Tee On riukose ovation and visited the portress, welcomed fans who sometimes stopped 10 rows deep.

“I feel the support of the entire country, which is a beautiful position in which it is,” McIlroy said. “But at the same time you don’t want to let them go. So there is a little added pressure.

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McIlroy started with Bogey (After a short failure) but recovery and sitting nicely 3 under his first 10 holes. As he turned home, the wind began a haircut on a port on the portray nine, and he loaded three rapid worship in the crosswalk. But McIlroy said he was proud of how it seems, especially with important up and down from the tricky place to the right of 15 green, and then turned the 12 bird base after going out of position.

Really, another week in a row, McIlroy struggled to take the ball out in playing. He probably cost him a title on Scotland, where he lost the team moves and was kicked out with sharp-iron games and putting in a timely manner.

No field in the field struck less than his two orders on Thursday, one of which came with iron. For that day ranked at 131^ul Of 156 players on the ground in the acquired moves.

“It was a difficult day, especially or abolished from rough or external bunkers most of the time,” McIlroy said. “So I’m shooting under a couple. I was a good effort. … I’m really happy where I’m.”