Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Pádraig Harrington all move under par after their second rounds
A sequence of six straight pars ensured McIlroy got off to a steady start and then back-to-back birdies on the 16th and 17th holes – from three and 12 feet respectively – got the world number three some momentum only for a bogey on the 18th to see him turn in 35 strokes.
“It was just a day to hang in there and grind and get up-and-down and try to take advantage of some of the chances that you give yourself,” said McIlroy, who had worked on his iron play late on the range on Thursday night in righting that element of his game. “I knew that today was going to be tough. I didn’t feel like I needed to go super deep to get myself back into it. It was nice to not really feel that pressure.
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