Rory McIlroy at Frys.com Open 2015: Friday Leaderboard Score and Reaction

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Published: October 17, 2015

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Rory McIlroy is off to a decent two-round start in the 2015-16 PGA Tour season at the Frys.com Open in Napa, California, firing a one-under on Friday for a 36-hole score of five under. 

Unfortunately, due to Brendan Steele's stellar play, McIlroy's walked off the course six shots behind the lead heading into Saturday's moving day. 

Here's the full leaderboard through two rounds:



This is what McIlroy's scorecard from Friday looked like:



Speaking to Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press (h/t PGA.com), McIlroy said before the tournament he views the Frys.com open as a nice extension to his late run to end the 2014-15 season. 

"I guess for a lot of guys, even the guys that played a full PGA Tour schedule last season and then played the Presidents Cup and they're coming here, it's a lot of golf," McIlroy said. "But as I said, I haven't played as much as those guys, so I'm happy to be playing and happy to play quite a bit until the end of the year."

While not atop the leaderboard, McIlroy is playing the way he did at the BMW Championship,when he finished fourth and early at the TOUR Championship before a final-round 74 took him out of contention. 

There's certainly nothing wrong with McIlroy's drive, as he is not holding anything back on the 459-yard 10th (via PGA Tour):



As impressive as that moment was for McIlroy, Justin Rose actually outplayed him in virtually every phase in the first round, including the leaderboard after two rounds, per Golf Channel:



The back nine was actually where McIlroy failed to capitalize on opportunities he set up for himself, long drives notwithstanding. He made the turn with a decent two-under 34, but for the second consecutive day, he had small problems on the final nine holes with one bogey and no birdies. 

McIlroy did look to...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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