article_snippet: Five bunker shots, four dropped shots, three missed putts from short range, two poor chips and one blow into the water.
article_snippet: It's fair to say Rory McIlroy curious Florida funk continued in the opening round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral Doral on Thursday.
article_snippet: Rory McIlroy placed the blame on Rory McIlroy outward half on being too tentative. '
article_snippet: After nine holes I thought there was really not much more to lose, so go ahead and be more aggressive,' Rory McIlroy said. '
article_snippet: Rory McIlroy hits a shot from the fairway during the first round of the Cadillac Championship in Florida .
article_snippet: Rory McIlroy lines up a putt on the 16th green during a difficult opening round for the world
article_snippet: Rory McIlroy tries to play Rory McIlroy way out a trouble after landing Rory McIlroy shot in the bunker on the 17th hole .
article_snippet: Rory McIlroy's certainly got some work to do.
article_snippet: Rory McIlroy will start out no fewer than 11 shots off the pace set by former American Ryder Cup player JB Holmes.
article_snippet: As for Rory McIlroy, a desperately mediocre outward half of 40 strokes meant Rory McIlroy had played Rory McIlroy first 45 holes in the Sunshine State this year, taking in last week's two rounds at the Honda Classic, in a startling 11 over par.
article_snippet: The world number one thought Rory McIlroy had ironed out some difficulties Rory McIlroy experienced in the wind last week
article_snippet: But Rory McIlroy drove into fairway bunkers on both to squander the chance for early gains.
article_snippet: Just to compound the frustration, Rory McIlroy approach to the par four 11th was a metre short of being perfect, and plugged in a greenside bunker to bring about an unlucky bogey.
article_snippet: Rory McIlroy played Rory McIlroy couldn't take advantage, while every bad shot invariably led to more damage to Rory McIlroy scorecard.
article_snippet: Two over par coming to the 18th, Rory McIlroy became another victim of this punishing hole as Rory McIlroy found the water from the middle of the fairway with his approach to the par four 11th, and failed to get up and down for a bogey from the side of the green.
article_snippet: It wasn't until Rory McIlroy 13th hole that we got the first glimpse of the real Rory.
article_snippet: No wonder Rory McIlroy headed straight to the range afterwards.
article_snippet: it was the first time in 190 consecutive rounds on the PGA Tour that Rory McIlroy had failed to register a single birdie.
highlights_snippet: Rory McIlroy played a disastrous front nine in the opening round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral .
  
highlights_snippet: Even at this early stage, Rory McIlroy had fallen a distance behind Rory McIlroy playing partners, world