BMW Championship - circular 1 leaderboard
-6 R McIlroy (NI), W Clark (US), C Gotterup (US), J.J. Spain (US), G Woodland (US); -5 R Hisatsune (Jpn)
Selected others: -4 A Fitzpatrick (Eng), L Aberg (Swe), M Thorbjornsen (US); -3 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -2 R MacIntyre (Sco), A Rai (Eng); -1 T Fleetwood (Eng), J Rose (Eng)
Rory McIlroy said a spot of "good work" with his squad helped him rediscover his signifier and instrumentality a clubhouse pb successful the archetypal circular of the BMW Championship.
The satellite fig two, who finished 66th astatine the St Jude Championship past weekend, finished six nether par astatine Bellerive Country Club.
Having reached the crook astatine 2 under, McIlroy birdied the 13th and past 3 of the past 4 holes, sharing his pb with the American quartet of Gary Woodland, Wyndham Clark, JJ Spaun and Chris Gotterup.
McIlroy stated that moving with his plaything manager Michael Bannon and caddie Harry Diamond helped him reconstruct his interaction aft past week's tourney successful Memphis.
"I felt astatine slightest similar I got myself backmost going successful the close direction, and what I wanted to bash with my swing, but inactive you ne'er cognize erstwhile you crook up here," McIlroy told the Golf Channel.
"This play people sets up a batch amended for maine than Memphis did past week. You tin miss it a small spot disconnected the tee, and the playing corridors are a batch wider, truthful you tin get distant with it, which I needed to get distant with it a mates of times today.
"But this set-up suits my crippled a small spot better, and I decidedly consciousness a small spot much comfy connected this play people than I did past week."
Japan's Ryo Hisatsune came successful astatine 5 under, portion Englishman Alex Fitzpatrick, American Michael Thorbjornsen and Sweden's Ludvig Aberg were successful a radical tied for seventh connected 4 under.
Scotland's Robert MacIntyre closed connected 2 under, having withdrawn from the St Jude Championship earlier the 2nd circular pursuing an opening 12-over 82.
World fig 1 and defending champion Scheffler, who had besides triumphed successful Memphis connected Sunday, suffered a tally of 4 bogeys done the opening 7 holes, uncovering himself acold down the field.
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