Rory McIlroy

The four-time Major winner showed his frustrations on day one at the US Open.

He was two-under-par at the time after 13 holes, having made a superb start to the US Open. Rory's tee shot on the drivable par-4 4th hole nestled in the thick rough on the edge of a bunker and all he could do was duff it out into the next one. He won his maiden Major title at the 2011 US Open and has had a great year in the Majors so far with a 2nd at The Masters, his best ever finish at Augusta National, and an 8th place finish at the PGA Championship. He currently ranks 3rd in the world.

It didn't stop the Holywood golfer from surging to the top of the leaderboard.

His only bogey of the round arrived at his final hole after he pushed his approach shot into the rough at the ninth hole. The world number three’s pushed tee shot finished in thick rough on the edge of a bunker and left him struggling to take a stance in the sand, with the ball well above his feet. After starting from the 10th, McIlroy had covered his first 13 holes in two under par to lie just a shot off the lead as he played the fifth, a short uphill par four.

From there McIlroy could only hack his second shot into another bunker a few yards in front of him, prompting a furious reaction which saw him twice slam his ...

England’s Callum Tarren had set the clubhouse lead on three under, the world number 445 from Darlington carding an eagle, three birdies and two bogeys in his 67. The world number three’s pushed tee shot finished in thick rough on the edge of a bunker and left him struggling to take a stance in the sand, with the ball well above his feet. From there McIlroy could only hack his second shot into another bunker a few yards in front of him, prompting a furious reaction which saw him twice slam his club into the sand.

The four-time major winner found a tough spot on the fifth hole, his 14th of the day, having to stand in a bunker with his ball lying just outside it in thick ...

McIlroy had a brutal lie just next to a bunker and had to stand in the sand to hit the shot. How'd that go for him? Not well. And he wasn't pleased about it, ...

McIlroy had a brutal lie just next to a bunker and had to stand in the sand to hit the shot. And he wasn’t pleased about it, either. Rory McIlroy is one of the favorites to win the U.S. Open this week, as he’s coming off a win last week in Canada and has been playing some really darn good golf this year.

The world No 3 followed last week's RBC Canadian Open victory by posting an opening-round 67 at The Country Club, mixing four birdies with a lone bogey to sit ...

"My caddie just kept saying, fairways, greens, pars are really good, and they are in a US Open. I think I made a birdie on one to get to even and then gave it straight back. "The guys in front of us were playing so slow," McIlroy added. "Just excited with my start, and let's see what the next few days holds. "They were like a hole or hole-and-a-half behind the group in front of them. "Any little thing that doesn't quite go right, you're sort of putting yourself behind the eight-ball. Just basically did everything that you need to do at a US Open.

The Northern Irish ace fending off his competitions and a few demons of his own the top the table after a day of play.

He dumped his ball in a horrible spot next to a bunker after going for the green and took a few tomahawk digs in frustration after only managing to shuffle the ball a few yards in to another sand trap. He was left raging at dropping a shot at the last but still at the top end of the leaderboard going in to tomorrow’s second round. The 33-year-old took a couple of angry swipes in a bunker on his back nine after struggling to move his ball a few yards in to another sand trap.

McIlroy carded a three-under-par 67 at Brookline to share the early clubhouse lead with England's Callum Tarren, Sweden's David Lingmerth and American Joel ...

“Just excited with my start, and let’s see what the next few days hold.” “So I was sort of cursing the USGA whenever I was going up to the ball, but it’s one of those things. “Once I played our front nine in two under, the goal was to try to play this round without a bogey. It’s something to learn from. “It’s hard not to get frustrated because I’m walking up there going like, just come back into the bunker. “But it’s fine.

McIlroy carded a three-under-par 67 at Brookline to share the early clubhouse lead with England's Callum Tarren, Sweden's David Lingmerth and American Joel ...

“Just excited with my start, and let’s see what the next few days hold.” “So I was sort of cursing the USGA whenever I was going up to the ball, but it’s one of those things. “Once I played our front nine in two under, the goal was to try to play this round without a bogey. It’s something to learn from. “It’s hard not to get frustrated because I’m walking up there going like, just come back into the bunker. “But it’s fine.

Rory McIlroy shot an opening-round 3-under 67 at the U.S. Open on Thursday, saying he is not motivated by the threat of the LIV Golf Invitational Series but ...

"Again, some of these reactions that maybe you saw out there today, whether it be hitting the sand on 5 or the club throw on 9, you just have to be so precise and so exact at this golf tournament, maybe compared to some others," McIlroy said. It was the 21st victory of his career, which moved him past Norman in career wins. He pushed his approach shot to the right of the green and threw his club in frustration. But, yeah, you're going to encounter things this week that you don't usually come across the other weeks of the year, and you just have to try to accept them as best you can." After making birdies on Nos. 7 and 8 to move to 4-under, McIlroy lost his cool again on the par-4 ninth, his final hole. "I'm just being me. "I gave the sand a couple of whacks because I'd already messed it up, so it wasn't like it was much more work for [caddie] Harry [Diamond]," McIlroy said. The margins are just so fine in this tournament, and I think you can sort of see that out there with some of the reactions." "You're going to encounter things at a U.S. Open, whether they be lies or stuff like that, that you just don't really encounter any other week," McIlroy said. It was an eventful opening round for McIlroy at the golf course outside Boston. He started on the back nine and carded a bogey-free, 2-under 33. It's certainly a different mindset when you get off to a good start, and yeah, I've just got to keep it going." With an opening-round 3-under 67, McIlroy put himself in great position to do just that.

Rory McIlroy signed for a three-under-par 67 to share the clubhouse lead on the first day of the US Open at Brookline.

“They were like a hole or hole and a half behind the group in front of them. Luckily there was somebody in Canada who went to the airport and gave the airport staff a little kick, and they arrived on Sunday at 2pm. “The margins are just so fine in this tournament and I think you can see that out there with some of the reactions.” On day one at the Country Club there were flashes of McIlroy brilliance and flashes of McIlroy frustration. “You feel like you’re right in the tournament from the start of the week, which is nice,” said the four-time major winner. There is precious little that could switch the discussion around golf from matters of Saudi Arabia, a rebel tour and the resulting grisly civil war.

McIlroy carded a three-under-par 67 at Brookline to share the early clubhouse lead with Callum Tarren, David Lingmerth and Joel Dahmen.

“Just excited with my start, and let’s see what the next few days hold.” “So I was sort of cursing the USGA whenever I was going up to the ball, but it’s one of those things. “Once I played our front nine in two under, the goal was to try to play this round without a bogey. It’s something to learn from. “It’s hard not to get frustrated because I’m walking up there going like, just come back into the bunker. “But it’s fine.

Brad Faxon is one of the best putters in golf history — and he's been helping Rory McIlroy with his putting since 2018.

He just looked so comfortable over the ball, so instinctive and reactive,” he says of Rory. “People see that confidence in Rory over his full shots. They don’t forgo technical work altogether; Rory says he’ll use a mirror about once a week to make sure his eyes are level and don’t angle out to the right, as they tend to do, and that he keeps to make sure he keeps his right elbow into his side more. It all started with a phone call to Faxon, one of the best putters of his or any generation, in 2018. Not as a his coach, but rather, as his peer. That’s helped him find his flow on the greens. “When in reality, 90 percent of what you’re doing with putting happens before you hit the putt.” “My goal was to get him freed-up and confident in his stroke. “Putts like those are huge for momentum,” Rory said after his round. Struggling on the greens, he spent an entire Monday afternoon at the Bears Club in Jupiter with Faxon, and had his best putting week of his season later that week. During his three-under first-round 67 at this week’s U.S. Open, his flatstick helped him gain 4.25 shots on the rest of the field — making it the statistically strongest part of his game during his opening round. You’ll notice how much it breaks at the end.” But as it did, Rory held his follow through.

Rory McIlroy shot an opening-round 3-under 67 at the U.S. Open on Thursday, saying he is not motivated by the threat of the LIV Golf Invitational Series but ...

"Again, some of these reactions that maybe you saw out there today, whether it be hitting the sand on 5 or the club throw on 9, you just have to be so precise and so exact at this golf tournament, maybe compared to some others," McIlroy said. It was the 21st victory of his career, which moved him past Norman in career wins. I'm just being me." But, yeah, you're going to encounter things this week that you don't usually come across the other weeks of the year, and you just have to try to accept them as best you can." He pushed his approach shot to the right of the green and threw his club in frustration. "I'm just being me. After making birdies on Nos. 7 and 8 to move to 4-under, McIlroy lost his cool again on the par-4 ninth, his final hole. "I gave the sand a couple of whacks because I'd already messed it up, so it wasn't like it was much more work for [caddie] Harry [Diamond]," McIlroy said. The margins are just so fine in this tournament, and I think you can sort of see that out there with some of the reactions." "You're going to encounter things at a U.S. Open, whether they be lies or stuff like that, that you just don't really encounter any other week," McIlroy said. It was an eventful opening round for McIlroy at the golf course outside Boston. He started on the back nine and carded a bogey-free, 2-under 33. It's certainly a different mindset when you get off to a good start, and yeah, I've just got to keep it going."

The Northern Irishman carded a three-under-par 67 at Brookline to share second place with a group that included England's Callum Tarren.

“Just excited with my start, and let’s see what the next few days hold.” “So I was sort of cursing the USGA whenever I was going up to the ball, but it’s one of those things. “Once I played our front nine in two under, the goal was to try to play this round without a bogey. It’s something to learn from. “It’s hard not to get frustrated because I’m walking up there going like, just come back into the bunker. “But it’s fine.

McIlroy carded a three-under-par 67 at Brookline to share the early clubhouse lead with Callum Tarren, David Lingmerth and Joel Dahmen.

“Just excited with my start, and let’s see what the next few days hold.” “So I was sort of cursing the USGA whenever I was going up to the ball, but it’s one of those things. “Once I played our front nine in two under, the goal was to try to play this round without a bogey. It’s something to learn from. “It’s hard not to get frustrated because I’m walking up there going like, just come back into the bunker. “But it’s fine.

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“I'm kind of pinching myself,” he admitted after coming home in 31, having followed three birdies and a bogey with an eagle-3 at the eighth - his 17th. “Honestly, the first five holes when we had no wind, I was thinking we're going to blow the roof off this place. “So I was sort of cursing the USGA, but it's one of those things it happens here. “It's hard not to get frustrated because I'm walking up there going like, just come back into the bunker. “I'm going into tomorrow with the mindset of let's keep it going, rather than where is the cut line or whatever. Putts are also dropping more frequently than has been the case since the most recent of his four major victories in 2014.

McIlroy carded a three-under-par 67 at Brookline to share the early clubhouse lead with Callum Tarren, David Lingmerth and Joel Dahmen.

“Just excited with my start, and let’s see what the next few days hold.” “So I was sort of cursing the USGA whenever I was going up to the ball, but it’s one of those things. “Once I played our front nine in two under, the goal was to try to play this round without a bogey. It’s something to learn from. “It’s hard not to get frustrated because I’m walking up there going like, just come back into the bunker. “But it’s fine.

Rory McIlroy's win at last week's RBC Canadian Open included a rare mid-tournament equipment switch. It was the latest edition of a battle between two ...

Since that testing session at home, McIlroy has used the Stealth model as his higher spinning 3-wood option, and the SIM as his lower spinning option. …I’ll hit 3-wood maybe a couple times, but the 5-wood is probably just a better club for quite a few holes here.” Based on that testing session, McIlroy concluded that he preferred the higher spin rates of the larger-sized Stealth model versus the Stealth Plus he used initially. “There’s a few opportunities to hit drivers here, but I think it’s just so important to get it in the fairway,” McIlroy told GolfWRX. “I can carry the 5 wood 270-275 in the air off the tee. As a quick refresher, TaylorMade’s SIM Ti (Titanium) fairway woods hit retail in February 2020, and McIlroy has been using the 3-wood off and on ever since. A little more in control. A little more spin. … (The Stealth is) a little more workable. It’s either you lay back quite a lot with a 5-wood, or you get it up there with a driver. It’s a little weaker, a little spinnier, sort of more just to get it in play,” McIlroy told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday. “The SIM is a little hotter, a little lower spin, sort of get it out there a little more. “I (used) the SIM (in Canada), I just didn’t hit it much last week,” McIlroy told GolfWRX on Wednesday. “There was honestly no real need for a 3-wood last week, just with the yardage. Rory McIlroy’s win at last week’s RBC Canadian Open included a rare mid-tournament equipment switch.

At the third major of the year, the hottest fashioned trend is the bold-patterned shirt. There are also few Massachusetts-themed accents.

Brooks Koepka, and other Nike-sponsored players, honored that with the crustacean on his shoes. At the third major of the year, the hottest trend is the bold-patterned shirt. It's a big sports weekend in the Boston area. Rory McIlroy finished his round with a share of the lead while rocking a floral print shirt. That includes Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson. Scottie Scheffler is trying to become the seventh different player to win the Masters and U.S. Open in the same calendar year. The 2022 U.S. Open is underway at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Reigning champ Jon Rahm is trying to defend his title.