Chris Riley bites his / her tee shot about the 18th problem over the first around associated with The Memorial Tournament brought to you by Nationwide Insurance along at the Muirfield Village Golf Club about June 2, 2011 in Dublin, Ohio. Photographer: Scott Halleran/Getty Images
Rory McIlroy result your 66 for you to join Chris Riley from a one-shot steer during 6-under par following a very first round with world of golf s Memorial Tournament .
Riley had nine birdies and McIlroy experienced seven at Muirfield Village Golf Club inside Dublin, Ohio .
Riley, 37, can be producing their first physical appearance because 2002 with the Memorial, a tournament situation hosted simply by Jack Nicklaus . His exclusive earn for the U.S. PGA Tour came for the Reno-Tahoe Open seven a long time ago.
It azines also been a struggle, Riley told reporters. I m looking to conquer outside a hole suitable now. I gamed solid this past year all this year hasn t been that will great.
Riley features skipped the 36-hole cut with regard to end of the week perform inside 6 months time with tough luck events this kind of season, with his lone top-10 finish returning along at the Sony Open throughout Hawaii with January.
McIlroy, a new Northern Irishman, is the merely gambler outside the actual U.S. inside the leading 20. World No. 1 Luke Donald, Players championship successful K.J. Choi involving South Korea , and original U.S. Open as well as Masters Tournament safe bet Angel Cabrera involving is also the next-highest-placed abroad players, in a very place to get 22nd place at 2-under.
McIlroy on May three or more 2009 became your youngest successful upon this trip since Tiger Woods 14 several years previously through capturing the Quail Hollow Championship having a course record 10-under-par 62 two a short time shy associated with his 21st birthday. The competition has been renamed the actual Wells Fargo Championship the following year.
DiMarco, Teater Share SecondChris DiMarco in addition to Josh Teater really are a shot behind the leaders at 5 under, with , Steve Stricker, and within a collection connected with eleven Americans yet another shot back.
Fowler, in search of his primary expert victory to travel along with a couple of top-10 is done this season, presented the lead at 5 underneath through 15 openings before bogeys on Nos. of sixteen and 17. He birdied the 18th to achieve five under.
England utes Donald, exactly who procured through this No. 1 area within the Official World Golf Ranking having a win last week at that European Tour s British PGA Championship, can be two game prior to Phil Mickelson .
Woods isn t playing once withdrawing from past month vertisements Players tournament together with knee and ankle injuries. Woods, who's fallen to No. thirteen within the rankings, offers played seven divots since tying regarding final for the Masters around April.
To speak to the reporter during this story: Michael Buteau throughout Atlanta at mbuteau@bloomberg.net
To get in touch with this editor to blame for that story: Michael Sillup during msillup@bloomberg.net
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