Rory McIlroy off to nightmare start in British Open

They say you can’t win a major on the first day, but you can lose it, writes New York Times. Among those who may have lost the British Open at the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland quickly this year was a pretournament favourite, Rory McIlroy, who fired a quadruple-bogey on the first hole yesterday and finished the round at eight-over par.