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Michael Turnbull

Rory McIlroy shows his class as he bounces back from poor opening round

Rory McIlroy bounced back from an awful first round at the Memorial Tournament to keep himself in contention for the title.

McIlroy carded a first round of 72 which included a triple bogey on the 18th. This ironically after tournament host Jack Niklaus had commented on the Northern Irishman's lapses in concentration.

Niklaus, in the pre-tournament press conference said, "I don’t know whether his is a constant lack of being able to keep that concentration for the whole thing or not, because sometimes he (goes) par, par, par, double, eight.

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