LOS ANGELES — After 17 ½ holes of near-flawless golf on Thursday afternoon, Rory McIlroy couldn't quite make it to the clubhouse with a bogey-free card.
To his credit, McIlroy hacked the ball out of the rough on his next swing and then sank a clutch eight-foot putt to avoid double bogey. He finished 5-under par for the round, three shots behind co-leaders Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele afterMcIlroy uncharacteristically blew past reporters who were waiting to speak with him after he turned in his scorecard.
Over the past year-plus, McIlroy has become the face of the PGA Tour’s war against LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed breakaway circuit that lured away some of the sport’s top players with the promise of vast sums of cash. It was a full-blown civil war until the PGA Tour and LIV Golf declared a ceasefire last week and laid the groundwork for an unlikely partnership.
Not only did McIlroy thoroughly outplay Koepka on Thursday, he displayed the form he’ll need to end his major drought. He birdied five of the first eight holes to match his best nine-hole score in 58 major championship starts. Then he produced a string of comfortable pars before sinking a birdie putt on the par-3 15th to move to 6-under par.
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