{"id":16909,"date":"2025-07-17T17:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mcilroy-resurges-in-portrush-70-in-opening-round-and-hunting-the-title\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:48:34","slug":"mcilroy-resurges-in-portrush-70-in-opening-round-and-hunting-the-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/golf\/mcilroy-resurges-in-portrush-70-in-opening-round-and-hunting-the-title\/","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy Resurges in Portrush: 70 in Opening Round and Hunting the Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">McIlroy Starts Strong at Royal Portrush<\/h2>\n\nAfter a six-year wait, Rory McIlroy returned to Royal Portrush with a mix of excitement and nervousness. The Northern Irish crowd welcomed him with a deafening ovation, marking the start of a day full of expectations.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I feel the support of an entire country, which is wonderful, but at the same time, you don&#8217;t want to disappoint them. I feel a little more pressure. Today I handled it very well.<\/p><cite>Rory McIlroy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe first shot at Portrush is a challenge, with out-of-bounds on both sides of the fairway. In 2019, McIlroy admitted that the emotion affected his game, resulting in a bad start. This time, a more mature and prepared McIlroy approached the first hole calmly, reading the wind and choosing the right club.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This time I didn&#8217;t feel like I was walking into the unknown. I hadn&#8217;t played an Open at home before. I didn&#8217;t know how I would feel. This time I had a better idea of what was coming.<\/p><cite>Rory McIlroy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nAlthough he missed the fairway, McIlroy limited the damage to a bogey. Despite hitting only two of 14 fairways, his short game was exceptional. On the 10th hole, he was already 3 under par and near the top of the leaderboard.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0717%2Fr1520392_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy en el campo de golf\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\nErratic play off the tee took its toll on the next four holes, but he recovered with birdies on holes 16 and 17, and a par on the last, ensuring an under-par result for Friday.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It was a pretty tough day, especially coming out of the rough or the fairway bunkers most of the time. So playing under par was a good effort.<\/p><cite>Rory McIlroy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe local fans supported McIlroy throughout the day, chanting his name. McIlroy, who planned to enjoy the adoration more this time, called the reception &#8220;absolutely incredible.&#8221; At the end of the round, he was surprised to see that the leaders were 4 under par, which put him in a favorable position for the next day.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I&#8217;m three shots back with 54 holes to play. I&#8217;m very happy with my position.<\/p><cite>Rory McIlroy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nMcIlroy prepares to continue his participation in the tournament, seeking to advance in the rankings.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McIlroy Starts Strong at Royal Portrush After a six-year wait, Rory McIlroy returned to Royal Portrush with a mix of excitement and nervousness. The Northern Irish crowd welcomed him with a deafening ovation, marking the start of a day full of expectations. I feel the support of an entire country, which is wonderful, but at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,161,5162,5163],"class_list":{"0":"post-16909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-rory-mcilroy","10":"tag-royal-portrush","11":"tag-the-open"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}