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Amgen Irish Open: Rory McIlroy two behind early chief Todd Clements on Northern Eire return
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Amgen Irish Open: Rory McIlroy two behind early chief Todd Clements on Northern Eire return

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House favorite Rory McIlroy produced a late birdie burst to make the best begin to his bid for a second Amgen Irish Open title.

McIlroy – making his return to DP World Tour motion – blended six birdies with three bogeys throughout a three-under 68 at Royal County Down, a 12-shot enchancment on his first around the final time the occasion was held on the venue in 2015.

The world No 3 took benefit of the par-five first after which cancelled out a three-putt bogey on the par-four fourth by holing from 18 ft on the eighth and getting up and down from off the inexperienced to birdie the par-five twelfth.

Amgen Irish Open: Rory McIlroy two behind early chief Todd Clements on Northern Eire return
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Rory McIlroy is trying to win the Amgen Irish Open for the primary time since 2016 success

McIlroy was in peril of letting a promising spherical slip away when he bogeyed the 14th and fifteenth to fall again to stage par, however he birdied every of the final three holes to remain inside two strokes of early lead Todd Clements.

“Any time you can shoot three under around this place you have to be happy,” McIlroy mentioned. “The situations had been fairly powerful early on after which the wind appeared to settle a bit of bit these previous couple of holes and it was good to benefit from that and play them the way in which I did.

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Rory McIlroy was enjoying alongside compatriot Tom McKibbin and defending champion Vincent Norrman

“Giving those shots away on 14 and 15, to get more than both of them back on the last three holes was a great way to finish and gives me plenty of momentum going into Friday morning. It’s nice to get off to a good start [in Northern Ireland] for a change!”

Clements, starting on the again 9, birdied two of his opening three holes and added a 20-foot eagle on the 18th to achieve the flip in 32, then moved high of the leaderboard with a close-range birdie on the par-five first.

The Englishman dropped photographs on the second and fourth to slide again to 3 underneath, solely to go millimetres away from a hole-in-one on the par-three seventh and put up back-to-back birdies to card an opening-round 66.

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Todd Clements was so near a hole-in-one as his tee shot appeared to bounce out of the outlet on the seventh on the Irish Open

Sami Valimaki and Alejandro Del Ray share second on 4 underneath, with McIlroy in tied-fourth with Will Enefer, Marcus Armitage, Filippo Celli and Thriston Lawrence – the participant closest to him within the Race to Dubai standings.

Veteran Soren Kjeldsen rolled again the years with a two-under 69, whereas Robert MacIntyre carded a level-par 71 and Shane Lowry recovered from a gradual begin to card a one-over 72.


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“Starting five, five, five wasn’t ideal and then where I hit it on the fourth obviously wasn’t ideal either,” Lowry mentioned. “That up and down kind of gave me a bit of a kick start that I needed and a bit of a pep in my step.

“You have a look at the scoring on the market, there’s no one capturing actually low. Even in main championships, folks all the time shoot good scores on the primary day. So you possibly can inform how onerous of a take a look at that’s.”

Who will win the Amgen Irish Open? Watch throughout the week live on Sky Sports. Live coverage of the second round begins on Friday from 8am on Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports+, with a second session the live from 4pm on Sky Sports Mix. Stream the Irish Open, Solheim Cup and extra with NOW.

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