Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy struggle at Open Championship

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TROON, Scotland -- Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy beat everyone in last month's U.S. Open.

But in the opening round of The Open at Royal Troon Golf Club, they struggled to defeat Mother Nature -- and themselves -- in what was a Thursday morning to forget in the wind and rain on Scotland's west coast.

DeChambeau, who won his second U.S. Open title with a one-shot victory over McIlroy at Pinehurst No. 2, carded a 5-over 76 on Thursday. McIlroy was two strokes worse and trailed clubhouse leader Justin Thomas by 10 strokes.

DeChambeau vowed to play "boring" golf at Pinehurst, but his game was far from that on Thursday -- for all the wrong reasons. He was 3 over…