Rory McIlroy off to mixed start in bid for successive majors at PGA Championship

Masters champion Rory McIlroy made a somewhat scrappy start in his bid for back-to-back major titles in the 107th US PGA Championship.

McIlroy’s nerve-shredding victory at Augusta National made him just the sixth male golfer to complete a career grand slam and gave him a fifth major title, one behind Sir Nick Faldo.

And the world number two had every chance of equalling Faldo’s tally at the first opportunity at Quail Hollow, a venue where he won his first PGA Tour title in 2010 and has since claimed three more victories, including last year.

Opening birdie for McIlroy