Rory McIlroy at Deutsche Bank Championship 2016: Friday Score and Reaction

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Published: September 2, 2016

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Rory McIlroy recovered from a dreadful start to the first round at the 2016 Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts, on Friday, posting an even-par 71 to kick off the second event in the FedEx Cup playoffs.

The Northern Irishman was six strokes off the lead when he walked off the course, with the afternoon wave of play ongoing. It could have been a lot worse, however, after he found himself at four over par through just three holes.

Let's check out the hole-by-hole results for McIlroy's opening round at TPC Boston:



And here's a look at the updated tournament leaderboard:



McIlroy, who started the week sitting in 38th in the FedEx Cup standings, is trying to rediscover his magic on the greens. His putter let him down in a significant way last week at The Barclays, where he missed a series of short putts.

Brian Wacker of Golf Digest noted the world's fifth-ranked player isn't expecting instant results after hiring Phil Kenyon to help get him out of the funk:

It's a work in progress. Last week was a case of I was really concentrating too much on what I was trying to do with my technique rather than just trying to hole putts. So hopefully it can start to begin to feel a little more natural this week and moving forward.

If I can be really comfortable with my putting going to Augusta next April, that's my timeline, so that's a seven- or eight-month period where I can sort of try to get it right.

It didn't take long to see the stroke remains a work in progress. McIlroy three-putted the 11th green for a bogey, his second hole of the afternoon, including a miss from just outside three feet.

He followed up the short-range miss by making a mess of the 12th hole. A wayward tee shot landed in the native area, and it took two shots, along with a penalty stroke, before he got out of trouble. However, he made a 14-foot putt to avoid...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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