There will be no rematch from U.S. Open Sunday, as both Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau will have to bounce back Friday just to make the cut at Royal Troon.
seemed a long way away on Thursday on the West Coast of Scotland, where U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and tough-luck runner-up Rory McIlroy pretty much played their way out of contention in the opening round of the British Open.
“The course was playing tough,’’ said McIlroy, who made a single birdie, two doubles and four bogeys. “The conditions are very difficult in a wind that we haven't seen so far this week. That certainly wasn’t the case Thursday. After relatively mild conditions during the practice rounds, players arrived to rainy conditions and a different wind, one that was coming out of the South. That meant the opening holes—typically the easiest part of the course—played far different.
“But still, felt like I was in reasonable enough shape being a couple over through nine, thinking that I could maybe get those couple shots back, try to shoot even par, something like that,’’ McIlroy said. “Then hitting the ball out of bounds on 11, making a double there. Even though the wind on the back nine was helping, it was a lot off the left. I was actually surprised how difficult I felt like the back nine played. I thought we were going to get it a little bit easier than we did.
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