Rory McIlroy picked up seven birdies and two eagles to storm to the top of the leaderboard on the first day of Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament in Ohio.

Rory McIlroy proved that he knows how to dig deep after all when he bounced back brilliantly from an early quadruple bogey seven to open with a one-under 71 in Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio.