Travelers Championship: Rory McIlroy makes strong start on return to PGA Tour action following US Open disappointment | Golf News
Rory McILroy rebounded the disappointment of us with a superb opening tower of six under the word to put ourselves in sampling in the Travelers championship.
The Masters champion did not succeed a week earlier when JJ Spaun won the third major of the season, but resumed where he stopped with a solid final round in Oakmont to take a Bugey departure at TPC River Highlands.
McILroy, among the previous beginners in Cromwell, in New England, made three birdies on each side of the Tour to move in the two shots of Austin Eckroat, of which 62 amazing gave him the first lead.
The American is not assured of the head of the head of Friday, with people like Scottie Scheffler and Spaun, like those who started their first round, just as Eckroat finished during the PGA Tour Signature Star.
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Rory McILroy was optimistic about his chances before the Travelers championship
McILroy was joined on six sous by playing a partner and the captain of the US Ryder Cup Keegan Bradley, as well as the former champion of the United States Wyndham Clark.
The European teammates of the McILroy Ryder, Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland, also made solid departures, shooting both 66 to stay four in advance.
McILroy had spoken before the tournament of his optimism according to which a strong finish at the US Open had helped him turn a corner in terms of form, and he quickly supported this logic as a beautiful approach to four to have set up a first birdie.
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Tom Kim succeeds in a great chip way out of the green for birdie at the travelers championship.
He took advantage of the first by five by hitting a 20 feet for Birdie in the sixth, and quickly took another blow after an amazing approach to the long by three eighth.
The Northern Irishman would capitalize on the other by five on the course with another Birdie at 13 alone, then delivered a single from top to bottom to obtain another stroke in the court by four.
McILroy made a rare error with his tee shooting in the 17th, but struck a superb recovery of the rough on the water to find the heart of the green, then rolled in a putt of almost 30 feet for a bonus birdie.
The second round on Friday will see McILroy playing next to Bradley once again, the twinning at 6.45 p.m.
Look at the PGA Tour traveler championship live on Sky Sports from Thursday to Sunday or in difficulty without contract now. The early coverage of the first day starts at 12:30 p.m. on Sky Sports Golf, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports +.
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