So he pulled a 5-iron. It was a conservative approach, no doubt. Yet with his play over the first 71 holes at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, McIlroy ... Rory’s ability to get up-and-down over ...

An up-and-down par on No. 1 and a birdie on the par-5 2nd saw McIlroy's name climb up the pylon as Straka struggled with his swing ... line off the tee and leaving himself a 7 iron into the ...

As Rory McIlroy walked up the 18th fairway ... That 14th hole kind of sums it up, just a bomb drive down there. We both hit seven there; his was a 7-iron, and mine was a 7-wood.

That seems an exaggeration of Rory ... deep down we'd never dare try. That's the intoxicating paradox of watching McIlroy: even in moments of supreme control, chaos lurks just one swing away.

(AP) — Rory McIlroy ... didn’t make a full swing after that,” McIlroy said. He had to save par six times from the rough and bunkers, none more valuable than from down in the high grass ...

Rory McIlroy claimed ... blow on the par-five 14th. McIlroy took an aggressive line over the corner of the dogleg and followed a 339-yard drive with a mid-iron on to the green, before holing ...

Scheffler couldn’t believe it when he hit a 5-iron ... a full swing after that,” McIlroy said. He had to save par six times from the rough and bunkers, none more valuable than from down ...