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Rory McIlroy makes strong US Open start at surprisingly tame Winged Foot

US Open: Tee-off times for round one and two US Open: Complete leaderboard Rory McIlroy demanded a fast start from himself and so he delivered and his many admirers might spot thrilling significance in his three-under beginning to the 120th US Open. The last three times the Northern Irishman has shot an opening 67 or better in a major, he has gone on to win. Put simply, McIlroy has not been better placed after the first day in six years. And that just happens to go back to the 31-year-old’s last major title at the 2014 USPGA Championship. Is the “Nappy Factor” in play? Is McIlroy getting the renowned bounce that so many new fathers have received in the weeks after their birth of their first child. Of course, that cannot be quantified and perhaps should not begin to be analysed until McIlroy falls into a spot of bother and his psyche is tested at the infamous New York layout. In truth, this was largely a stress-free experience for Poppy’s dad. Granted, Winged Foot was as benign as any of the 144-man field could have hoped, with barely a breeze, generous pins and receptive greens. But it was still Winged Foot, was still a monster, albeit one in an extremely good mood, and in the first wave only seven finished in red figures, while Englishmen Eddie Pepperell and Danny Willett highlighted the ever-present dangers by stumbling to a 78 and 77 respectively. Justin Thomas, the world No 3, led the way with a 65, bettering the previous lowest first-round US Open at Winged Foot by three. It was a morning to make hay rather than get buried in the thick rough and so the drama came from golfing excellence instead of agronomic maleficence. Patrick Reed, dressed in the colour of his self-appointed standing as Captain America, made a hole-in-one on the seventh when hitting a “90 percent” nine-iron 166 yards, with one hop and into the cup.

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