VIRGINIA WATER, England — PGA champion Aaron Rai and Joakim Lagergren of Sweden each posted a 6-under 66 on Thursday in the BMW Championship with the kind of finish Rory McIlroy could have used at Wentworth.
McIlroy, who caused a stir with a 60 in the celebrity pro-am on the eve of the European flagship event, didn’t lose a step in the opening round when he opened with five birdies on the back nine to shoot up the leaderboard.
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But he went into the trees, into a bunker and into the water on the front nine, all of those shots leading to bogeys, that dropped him to a 69 and into a tie for 19th.
“Good way to put it — a stumble home,”…
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