Rory McIlroy at British Open 2016: Friday Leaderboard Score and Twitter Reaction

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Published: July 15, 2016

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Rory McIlroy struggled with the tough weather conditions at Royal Troon Golf Club on Friday, as he carded an even-par round of 71 to all but play himself out of contention for the 2016 British Open title. After two days, he is at two under par. 

The Northern Irishman was one of the late starters and tumbled down the leaderboard after a promising start to his round. A run of four bogeys through five holes ruined all of his hard work on the front nine, and going into the third round, current leader Phil Mickelson sits eight shots ahead of the 2014 champion.

Here's a look at McIlroy's scorecard from Friday:



Here's the current leaderboard:



   

Recap McIlroy finished the front nine with an excellent score of four-under on Thursday before crashing back down to Earth on the back nine, and on Friday, he once again found a rhythm early.



The 27-year-old's power held up well in the windy and even rainy conditions, and after a routine par on the first hole, he started his march up the leaderboard by making birdie on the second.

A key positional shot that covered a huge amount of ground made the difference, per the European Tour's official Twitter account:



McIlroy played calm and collected, and his swing seemed loose through the first couple of holes. He made a mistake by hitting a fade into the crowd on the par-five fourth hole, but he recovered nicely to make par.

While some of the favourites struggled with the conditions, McIlroy seemed to relish the tough winds, finding the fairway on his first six tries and recording back-to-back birdies on the sixth and seventh to move to three-under on the day and into the top five.

The Postage Stamp hole gave him some trouble, but unlike Jordan Spieth, who came away with a double bogey at the eighth, McIlroy saved par with a fantastic bunker shot. Balls....
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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