LOUISVILLE, Ky.
Eric Dier Jersey UK . -- For Rory McIlroy,
the shockingly bad shot came out of nowhere. No worries. By the time he walked
off the 18th green, there was little doubt he was still the man to beat at the
PGA Championship. McIlroy ripped off four straight birdies on the back side and
closed with another at the 18th hole, shooting a 5-under 66 at Valhalla that
left him one shot off the lead Thursday. Fridays second round coverage begins
with live streaming on TSN.ca at 8:30am et/5:30am pt while TSNs coverage begins
at 1pm et/10am pt. Coming off wins at the British Open and Firestone, McIlroy
came into the final major of the year as an overwhelming favourite. Even with a
major blunder at the 10th, where he knocked his second shot over a fence and
took double bogey, he was right on the heels of Lee Westwood, Ryan Palmer and
Kevin Chappell. "Im really happy with everything," McIlroy said. "Ive got a good
thing going right now. Im trying to ride that momentum as much as I can." Then
theres Tiger Woods, who cant seem to get anything going. Playing just four days
after his back flared up at Firestone, forcing him to withdraw, Woods proclaimed
himself fit but sprayed shots all over the course on the way to a 74 that left
him tied for 111th late in the day. "That wasnt very good," said Woods, who made
only one birdie -- and had to hole out from the fairway to do that. "A lot of
bad shots." One landed in a creek. Another sent the gallery scrambling. Yet
another rolled into a fenced-off area where fans can use cellphones, a good 30
yards right of the fairway. Too bad Woods couldnt call for help. "I didnt play
as well as I wanted to. I didnt get a putt to the hole," he said. "Thats not a
good combo." McIlroy was cruising along when he got to the 10th, having made
three birdies on the front side. After putting his tee shot right in the middle
of the fairway at the par-5 hole, he yanked the next one out of bounds. A man
talking on his cellphone along the fence, not concerned at all with getting in
the way, was stunned with he looked up to see a ball sailing over his head.
Especially when he learned whose ball it was. "I was really annoyed," McIlroy
said. "That second shot at 10 is the worst shot Ive hit in weeks. It came out of
the blue." He took a penalty and a drop and missed the fairway with his next
attempt as well, resulting in a 7. Still shaken by that miscue, McIlroy made
bogey at No. 11 to slip to even on the day. Just like that, he pulled himself
together. Four straight birdies pushed McIlroy right back up the leaderboard,
and it could have easily been five in a row. A 12-footer slid over the edge of
the cup at the 16th. At the final hole, McIlroy reached the green in two for an
eagle try to share the lead. If curled off at the end, leaving him with a tap-in
-- his eighth birdie of the round. "It could have been better," he said. "But a
66 the first day, thats a solid start." Westwood matched his best round ever at
a major, making nine birdies as he carried over the momentum from a closing 63
at Firestone. The 41-year-old Englishman also had a double bogey on his 10th
hole of day -- at No. 1, after starting on the back -- but closed with four
straight birdies. "The golf course was all there in front of me. I just play it
as I see it," said Westwood, who has had numerous close calls but never won a
major championship. "Last week, I felt like I turned a corner." Chappell, a
28-year-old Californian in his fourth year on the PGA Tour, turned in a
bogey-free round. The final major of the year has produced some unlikely
champions -- remember Shaun Micheel? -- and Chappell hopes to be the latest. "I
cant complain about being in the lead of any golf tournament," said Chappell,
whose only professional win came on the Web.com Tour in 2010. "I just look
forward to keeping it rolling." Palmer birdied five of the nine holes on the
back side, which is where he started his round. He said the greens were more
inviting than he expected. "I was surprised how soft they were," he said. "It
was a pretty easy, relaxing nine for me." McIlroy was joined at 65 by Jim Furyk,
Henrik Stenson, Edoardo Molinari and Chris Wood. For Furyk, it was another
strong start in a tournament he nearly won a year ago. He took a lead to the
final day at Oak Hill, only to lose to Jason Dufner by two strokes. Dufners
title defence lasted only 10 holes. Plagued by a sore neck, he withdrew after a
triple-bogey left his score at 8 over, probably ending his Ryder Cup hopes as
well. He came in ranked No. 8 in the standings and hoping to somehow play well
enough to stay in one of the nine qualifying spots. "I tried to do what I could
to be able to compete some and give it a go," Dufner said, "but it is just
pointless."
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of a home-and-home series.Lionel Messi netted a hat trick to shatter the
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