Birthday boy McIlroy gets off to a flyer

Birthday boy Rory McIlroy got off to a great start with an opening round 68 in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow yesterday.

McIlroy, 29 today, is bidding for a hat-trick at the North Carolina venue, where he won in 2010 and 2015.

His three-under par score was among the best of the early starters, leaving him just one shot off the clubhouse lead shared by Peter Malnati and Tyrrell Hatton.