Confident Rory breaks course record in Aberdeen

Rory McIlroy warmed up for next week’s Open Championship with a course record of 64 in the opening round of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open.

And for good measure he chipped in with what is believed to be the Tour’s second-longest drive — a whopping 436 yards on the downwind par-four 13th.

McIlroy lowered the course record by two shots that handed him a one stroke lead and also his sixth European Tour course record low. Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg had established a new mark of 65 after going out in the first group at 6:30am, but that lasted a matter of two hours as McIlroy also made light of the windy conditions.