Rory McIlroy played a disastrous front nine in the opening round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral . Even at this early stage , McIlroy had fallen a distance behind his playing partners , world No 2 Bubba Watson and No 3 Henrik Stenson . Welshman Jamie Donaldson , runner-up at the tournament last year , composed a 70 comprising 16 pars and two birdies . Lee Westwood , playing in his first WGC event was one over par after nine .
Rory McIlroy played a disastrous front nine in the opening round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral . Even at this early stage , McIlroy had fallen a distance behind his playing partners , world No 2 Bubba Watson and No 3 Henrik Stenson . Welshman Jamie Donaldson , runner-up at the tournament last year , composed a 70 comprising 16 pars and two birdies . Lee Westwood , playing in his 50th WGC event was one over par after nine .