Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

Awful putt on 16 again, that distance amd par 5s killing him

His putting is terrible...but was also a bad draw.

Fascinating night for stats ..you can literally see strokes gained flow out over the 18 holes with the two of them.

Scottie Also terrible on greens ..but when you get closer to hole golf is easier...

actually remarkable how he scores so well with all them flaws...

Maybe he should be thankful a lot of the best went to LIV or he wouldnt get a look in..instead of hoping they all play happy families again😀

Excellent opening round for McIlroy, top 15 or so after Round 1 is a fine spot. Tomorrow hopefully he pushing into top 10 to be set up for weekend

Was thinking same, very close to biggest tourney of the year for him and working on fundamental technical changes.

Hard to have confidence standing over a wedge dealing with Augusta greens and fairway slopes with a completely different technique

I love the hyperbolic comments based off 1 round "Rory can't compete with these guys" - Scheffler aside, as he is streets ahead of everyone in world golf at the moment. Still doesn't mean Scheffler will win because guess what, that's golf! Is Rahm unable to compete with these guys too because he shot +1? Rory hasn't been good all year, particularly his irons so it's hardly that surprising that he struggled out there. Did well to hang in there on the front 9 and could easily have been a couple of shots better. His chances don't look great but if he goes out and shoots a couple of shots better than Scheffler today then he hopefully won't be too far away.

Kind of agree with you, but at the same time (and I'm a huge Rory fan and follower) its hard to see him beating Scheffler today. Looking at them yesterday I got the feeling they could play 10 times and Rory still wouldn't sniff him. Obviously that's probably not correct, but in the form he's in, Scheffler is just head and shoulders above him. Admittedly there's a bit of hyperbole, but I'm beginning to wonder if Scheffler is just in a great run of form or if he's going to end up a top 10 of all time kind of player. Maybe the absence of the LIV guys week in week out makes him look better than he is, but he's beginning to look like peak Tiger levels above the rest of them.

I saw an article last night from 2020 saying that only once in the previous 14 Masters was the winner not in the top 10 after the first round - the exception was Tiger in 11th after R1 in 2019. None of the previous 12 winners shot higher than 70 in R1 either. Sincerely hope I'm wrong but I don't think Rory has an earthly this week. Can easily see another 71 today for him, with 67/68 for Scheffler. He'll probably be top 10 though.

It's difficult to win a master day one, but it's VERY easy to lose it. That's what Rory has done the majority of the time and played himself out of it day one.

Happy to see him with a wise head on his shoulders and grind it out.

His game, his swing, his irons, it's a work in progress, don't agree with him changing it before Augusta, but isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again with the same results.

Another par 5 and only a par....needs to do better..loses another shot to Scottie who birdies it

🙄 this guy

Another poor bogey out of nowhere on 7. If he could have posted a 69 today he would be right in this. Now making a mess of another par 5. Not good enough, simple.

Good shot from Rory. Butch taking the credit

Its not mental today though, his game just isn't close to those at the top right now.

Water on 10...what's he up to....he may end up missing the cut

I've never really bought into Rory needing a new caddy. As in, he's his own man and wouldn't listen to anyone. Seeing some of his decisions, his putting lines, his general course management....he has zero chance of recovering to an elite level if he keeps going the way he is, with the level of talent he has, he's bloody awful.

game over

he’s in a battle to make cut now. Still expect him to make it tho