McIlroy and Shane Lowry both shoot 67s at the BMW PGA Championship, one stroke off the clubhouse lead
made a strong start to the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth despite a bizarre incident that saw him lose the clubhead of his iron when hitting an approach into the green at the par 5 12th hole.
It was one of seven birdies in an impressive five-under-par 67, even if it ended up with a bogey at the 18th hole after a wild second shot that went out of bounds. , the 2022 champion, and the Offaly man also had an eventful 12th hole, holing a 26-foot putt for eagle. Lowry had four other birdies, including one at the last hole, his single drop shot coming at the 13th. Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, is also on five under.Tom McKibbin is two under after the opening round after an up-and-down round of six birdies and four bogeys.
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