Rory McIlroy remembers one important thing about Hilton Head – it can bite

Anxious look: Rory McIlroy watches his drive from the ninth tee - his last hole - in the opening round of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head. The Holywood man signed for a one over par 72. Picture: Streeter Lecka, Getty Images

It was nothing like the ‘crap’ he finished playing at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas last Sunday, but Rory McIlroy still needed a 30ft birdie putt for a one-over start to the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head today.