Rory McIlroy makes strong start at US Open

McIlroy got his bid for a second US Open title off to an ideal start with a birdie from 15 feet on the par-three 10th and also birdied the par-three 13th

Rory McIlroy got off to a good start in the first round of the US Open at Winged Foot. Picture: AP Photo/Charles Krupa

Rory McIlroy produced just the start he had hoped for as the 120th US Open got under way at a relatively benign Winged Foot.

Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy shot five over par to win the last US Open at the venue in 2006, while American Hale Irwin was seven over in surviving the so-called “Massacre at Winged Foot” in 1974.