Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry decimated TPC Louisiana to open the Zurich Classic, tying the low rounds of the day by shooting an 11-under 61 during the first round of best ball.
Their second round, which employs an alternate shot format, did not come as easily. The all-Irish duo combined to shoot a 2-under 70 on Friday, not bad considering the difficulty of alternate shot and the blustery conditions.
But their score should have been two or three strokes lower.
“I had missed a few [putts] around the turn,” Lowry said. “I missed a pretty short one on 18 and then another one on the second.”
The short
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