LATE BOGEYS COST McILROY OUTRIGHT LEAD IN DENVER
SHARING LEAD WITH SPIETH AND WOODLAND
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Two late bogeys saw Rory McIlroy slip back into a share of the lead after round one of the BMW Championship at Denver as he chases a first FedEx Cup title.
The world number one came into the third leg of the four-tournament play-off series sitting second in the overall standings and led in Colorado on five under after 15 holes.
But dropped shots on two of his last three saw the Northern Irishman record a 67 and drop back into a share of top spot alongside Jordan Spieth and Gary Woodland.
"You can see by the scores it's pretty tricky out there," he said. "Low scores aren't really too easy to come by so 67 is still a good start even though it could have been a bit better.
"The fairways are firm so even when you're hitting irons and fairway-woods off the tees they're running out and through fairways and into the rough and the rough is thick.
"Then the greens are so firm, the greens have got so much firmer over the past 24 hours and it's really made a huge difference."
Beginning his round on the 10th, McIlroy picked up shots on 12 and 17 and a run of three birdies from the first to the third put him in the driving seat before his two late bogeys brought him back to the pack.
The top 30 in the FedEx Cup rankings after this weekend at Cherry Hills Village will advance to next week's Tour Championship where the points will be reset so every player has a chance of claiming the 10million US dollar (£6.1million) bonus.
And after day one, while the positions within that top 30 had provisionally altered, no player from outside that group was on target to break in, although nine players were still on the course when play was stopped due to risk of electrical activity.
Woodland enjoyed a steady round as he registered four birdies and a bogey while Spieth was a touch more erratic with three blemishes on his card countered by six birdies.
A group of nine players sat a single shot off the lead including McIlroy’s European Ryder Cup team-mates Martin Kaymer, Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson - who was coming up 18 when the horn sounded to end play.
Justin Rose was in a group a further shot back with Ernie Els, Jason Day, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson all level par.
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Two late bogeys saw Rory McIlroy slip back into a share of the lead after round one of the BMW Championship at Denver as he chases a first FedEx Cup title.
The world number one came into the third leg of the four-tournament play-off series sitting second in the overall standings and led in Colorado on five under after 15 holes.
But dropped shots on two of his last three saw the Northern Irishman record a 67 and drop back into a share of top spot alongside Jordan Spieth and Gary Woodland.
"You can see by the scores it's pretty tricky out there," he said. "Low scores aren't really too easy to come by so 67 is still a good start even though it could have been a bit better.
"The fairways are firm so even when you're hitting irons and fairway-woods off the tees they're running out and through fairways and into the rough and the rough is thick.
"Then the greens are so firm, the greens have got so much firmer over the past 24 hours and it's really made a huge difference."
Beginning his round on the 10th, McIlroy picked up shots on 12 and 17 and a run of three birdies from the first to the third put him in the driving seat before his two late bogeys brought him back to the pack.
The top 30 in the FedEx Cup rankings after this weekend at Cherry Hills Village will advance to next week's Tour Championship where the points will be reset so every player has a chance of claiming the 10million US dollar (£6.1million) bonus.
And after day one, while the positions within that top 30 had provisionally altered, no player from outside that group was on target to break in, although nine players were still on the course when play was stopped due to risk of electrical activity.
Woodland enjoyed a steady round as he registered four birdies and a bogey while Spieth was a touch more erratic with three blemishes on his card countered by six birdies.
A group of nine players sat a single shot off the lead including McIlroy’s European Ryder Cup team-mates Martin Kaymer, Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson - who was coming up 18 when the horn sounded to end play.
Justin Rose was in a group a further shot back with Ernie Els, Jason Day, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson all level par.
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