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.

Fri, 04 May, 2018 - 01:00

Jay Bayford

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.

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Golf Sport Rory McIlroy Place: Quail Hollow Place: North Carolina Place: Lisburn Place: Aberdovey, Wales Place: Quaker Ridge, New York Place: Ballinrobe Place: Milltown Person: McIlroy Person: Rory McIlroy Person: Peter Malnati Person: Tyrrell Hatton Person: Shane Lowry Person: Paula Grant Person: Grant Person: Shannon Burke Person: Georgia Carr Person: Elisa Corcoran Person: Grange Person: Canice Screene Person: Gemma Clews Person: Delamere Forest Person: Lily-May Humphreys Person: Shannon McWilliam Person: Sophie Lamb Event: Wells Fargo Championship Event: Welsh Open Ladies’ Stroke Play Championship Event: Curtis Cup Event: Stoke-by-Nayland Event: Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open Championship Event: Girls’ British Open Amateur Championship Event: European Young Masters Event: Border Championship Organisation: Curtis Cup Organisation: Great Britain & Ireland

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