Rory McIlroy produced an early contender for golf shot of the year as he escaped from the trees with a miraculous par in the first round of the WM Phoenix Open.
World no.1 McIlroy is playing the newly-elevated PGA Tour event at TPC Scottsdale for just the second time this week as he negotiates the raucous crowds that have made the tournament so iconic and a course he has admitted he does not enjoy playing.
It was a mixed first round for the Northern Irishman, who overcame LIV Golf rival Patrick Reed in an epic battle at the Dubai Desert Classic to win on his first start of the year last month.