Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler had a great back-and-forth on Tuesday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am around Scheffler's Christmas incident.
Rory McIlroy marked the first round of his PGA Tour year with that rarest of holes-in-one: an ace that did not even take a bounce or a roll before disappearing into the hole.
Rory McIlroy doesn't have a cure-all solution to golf's pace-of-play problem, and he knows the ideas he does have won't make everyone happy.
On the broadcast, fans could simply hear the ball crash into the flag before staying in the cup which put a massive grin on McIlroy’s face as he celebrated by high fiving his caddie, Harry Diamond, and his playing partners, Ryder Cup teammate Ludvig Aberg and amateurs Jeff Rhodes and Jimmy Dunne.
The Northern Irishman broke into celebration and shared an embrace with Ryder Cup teammate Ludvig Aberg and amateurs Jeff Rhodes and Jimmy Dunne
Rory McIlroy celebrates his second career hole-in-one during the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, marking a strong return to the PGA Tour.
Northern Irish professional golfer Rory McIlroy has presented a solution to address the slow pace of play that has become a issue on the PGA Tour.
After recovering from a freak injury suffered during the holidays, Scottie Scheffler is back on tour and ready to hopefully have a good showing this weekend. The world No. 1 might be a little rusty after so much time off, but whenever the big man is on the course, Scheffler is always a contender.
Scheffler went from the hill right of the 10th fairway at Spyglass to a front bunker, blasted out some 20 feet and missed his par putt. That was his only bogey, though he was 1 over until lacing the fairway metal to 30 feet for two-putt birdie on the par-5 14th, just as McIlroy on the hole next to him plucked his ball from the cup.
Rory McIlroy made a hole-in-one in his PGA Tour season debut, but Russell Henley sat atop the leaderboard after a low-scoring first day at the ATT Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Thursday in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Rory McIlroy didn't appear too interested in indulging a reporter's question about the PGA Tour's declining TV ratings and pace of play issues.