- World No 1 shoots 63 at the Travelers Championship
- ‘I think, as a whole, it’s been going really well’
A 63 from Rory McIlroy to open the Travelers Championship in Connecticut would have been welcomed by the PGA Tour as golf tries to discover a narrative separate from Covid-19. That the world No 1 used subsequent media duties to fully endorse the tour’s coronavirus strategy would have delighted the officials. McIlroy’s words represent high value currency in this sport.
Five Travelers withdrawals linked to Covid-19, added to the positive test of Nick Watney last week, triggered sceptical noises about this PGA Tour resumption. “I saw a couple of calls to shut the tournament down, which is silly from my point of view,” McIlroy said.
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