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Favorite Son Rory McIlroy Opens With 79 at Royal Portrush in The Open Championship

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PORTRUSH, NORTHERN IRELAND - JULY 18: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and his caddie, Harry Diamond walk off the 7th tee during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

PORTRUSH, NORTHERN IRELAND - JULY 18: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and his caddie, Harry Diamond walk off the 7th tee during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

RORY MCILROY'S FIRST SHOT of the 148th Open Championship hooked out of bounds and led to a quadruple bogey 8 on the opening hole. Teeing off with an iron, feeling those first-tee jitters or whatever one experiences in those major moments, McIlroy couldn't keep his ball in play.