Open favourite Rory McIlroy suffered a nightmare start in his bid to win the Claret Jug at Royal Portrush with a first round 79.
Northern Ireland's big hope for a home winner could hardly have begun in worse fashion after hitting his tee shot out of bounds, on the way to a quadruple-bogey to get going.
Two holes later there was another dropped shot before what looked like a small recovery began, with birdies on seven and nine before taking the turn. There was a look a birdie too on the tenth, which went amiss.
From there an embarrassing double bogey came on 16 when a lack of concertration lead to missing a short bogey putt before a triple-bogey on the 18th rounded off a horrible day.
Here is McIlroy's card after a horrendous first day at Royal Portrush…
Rory McIlroy | +3
| HOLE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| PAR | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| SCORE | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Out: 34 | |||||||||
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
| PAR | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| SCORE | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| In: 31 | Total: 65 | ||||||||
