McIlroy happy with opening-round performance

Rory McIlroy left Hazeltine National tonight satisfied with an opening-round 71 on his US PGA Championship debut.

The 20-year-old from Northern Ireland, ranked 29th in the world, started strongly on the par-72, 7,674-yard Minnesota course, the longest in major championship history, sinking three birdies in his first six holes having started on the back nine.