McIlroy banishes his demons with fighting 70 on Portrush return

PORTRUSH, NORTHERN IRELAND: It was ugly at times and he barely located a fairway but Rory McIlroy’s homecoming party at Royal Portrush this time did not go as flat as a pint of stale Guinness as he scrambled to an opening-round 70 at the British Open on Thursday.

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