McIlroy dazzles on opening day

Rory McIlroy, the kid many expect to be king one day, put himself into golf’s record books with a sensational start to The Open at St Andrews today.

On a course where he had never failed to break 70 in eight previous visits either as an amateur or professional, the 21-year-old equalled the lowest round in Major history with a nine-under-par 63.