Rory McIlroy Shines at Royal Portrush, Eyes Championship

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00:00of course all eyes Keith on the man from Northern Ireland who holds the course record at Royal Port

00:06Rush with a 61 that he shot as a teenager Rory McIlroy on the course right now in his opening

00:12hole a drive into the thick stuff but a pretty good second shot approach hacking it out he is

00:18greenside as we speak the odds profile on Rory entering this week at Royal Port Rush top five

00:25plus 175 top 10 minus 110 and as he started today 7 to 1 the second best price pre tournament you

00:34told us yesterday for Rory not to make an 8 on his first hole of the championship would be success

00:41he seems to be in a good spot Keith right now for improvement open over open what's your prognosis

00:48on McIlroy the remainder of this week near his hometown I feel like of the big three he's the

00:53biggest threat he is really seeming to be like he's accepting he's embracing all of the coronation

01:00that is happening from these people they're saying right now this will be the largest attended sporting

01:04event ever in Northern Ireland and who do you think that they're coming out to see they're coming out to

01:09see Rory not Shane Lowry not Patty Harrington they're coming out to see Rory and the fact of the matter is

01:14is that with a second run at this I mean I look at that minus 110 for a top 10 right now the minute I

01:20hang up from you guys I'm going to hit that as hard as I can I mean this guy is going to be a factor

01:25he got through the nerves of the first tee shot and you're going to see him and his local knowledge

01:30is just going to start to take over as the golf course or as the golf tournament evolves I love

01:35the position he's in and I love the mindset he's in forget Scotty and all this I don't know what I'm

01:40doing out here Rory knows what he's doing he's doing it for his country