If you were tracking Rory McIlroy’s form earlier in the week at the DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship, you would not have been surprised to see him birdie five of his first nine holes at Wentworth on Thursday en route to an opening three-under 69. Really, you might have expected him to go lower, given in the Wednesday pro-am he made 10 birdies and an eagle and recorded the unofficial course record on the revered Harry Colt design. (Alas, pro-am scores don’t count in the record books.)
Sandwiched between McIlroy’s early run of birdies in the first round was an oddity: a ruling that left Sky Sports broadcasters scrambling for a copy of the…
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