Rory McIlroy loves life inside the ropes, shoots 66 on first day at PGA
For Rory McIlroy, there was no better place than the golf course
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rory McIlroy blasted a drive down the middle, this one onto the left side of the fifth fairway. As he headed off the tee box and toward the ball, a girl in the crowd shouted “I love you, Rory!”
Still adored, and still playing great, there was no better place than the golf course Thursday for one of the game's most popular players, who was in the headlines for different reasons coming into this week's PGA Championship.
“It's always nice to be inside the ropes,” McIlroy said after shooting a 5-under 66 that had him tied for fourth, four shots behind Xander Schauffele, when he left Valhalla after his morning round.
The 35-year-old's filing of divorce papers earlier in the week made for one of the more buzzy subplots in the leadup to the year's second major. For the second straight day with a microphone in his face, he refused to talk about it.
