“Yeah, a tough day. I felt like I did well for the first part of the round but then I missed the green at Postage Stamp (8th hole, par 3), I hit a bunker shot and the ball went back into the sand and I ended up with a double bogey,” he said Rory McIlroy in a mixed zone after signing 78 shots on the first day of British Open at Royal Troon and relive what happened at Royal Portrush (Northern Ireland) when a round of 65 on Friday of the Open was not enough to earn the cut on home soil.
“But anyway, I felt like I was in a reasonable position with one over par on the 9th hole, thinking maybe I could get those two shots back, try to finish even at par. Then, however, came the out of bounds. on 11, made another double bogey even though the wind helped me on the last nine holes, I was really surprised how difficult it was to play the last nine holes today, with the tailwind,” the Briton added.
“The course is playing really well. The conditions are very tough with wind that we haven’t seen this week. You play your practice rounds, you have a strategy that you think will help you perform on the golf course , but then you’re competing in an air you’ve never played in before,” Rory said.
And he closed with “It was just one of those days where I didn’t adapt well to the conditions. I just have to focus now and try to make the cut. The conditions look like they will be the same again tomorrow. I have to go out and try to finish under par at least here this weekend.
Source: La Verdad
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