McIlroy drives to the front at windy Kiawah

Rory McIlroy’s curls are a lot curlier, but the sparkle continues in his game on a brutal second day of the 94th PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.

On a day better suited for flying kites or wind-surfing, it was a case of battening down the hatches and holding on as near 35mph winds buffeted the exposed Ocean Course.

However in an Irish first at the Majors for some time, all five South Carolina starters will play all four rounds of the season’s final Major.