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Rory McIlroy has struggled to get off to a strong start recently, and it looked like the trend may continue at this week’s World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. McIlroy bogeyed the par-5 18th, his ninth hole, to make the turn in even-par. He made three birdies and three bogeys on his front nine while the rest of the field was going low on a calm day at Sheshan International Golf Club. RELATED: Li takes lead in Round 1 | Im in the mix once again | Leaderboard | Tee times | How to watch McIlroy made a move on his second nine, making five birdies in a six-hole stretch to shoot 31. His 67 put him in seventh place, three shots behind leader Haotong Li. McIlroy started his charge at the par-5 second hole, where he hit his second shot to 5 feet. He missed the short eagle putt, but it was the first of four consecutive birdies. McIlroy hit less than half his fairways Thursday (6 of 14) and 12 greens in regulation. “I got off to a bit of a slow start,â€� McIlroy said. “The course is set up tough. The rough is pretty thick in areas. The greens are pretty firm and I think I went out with the mind-set of sort of trying to play my way into the round. I did that. I birdied the holes that I should birdie on the back nine, apart from 18. … I got myself to under par, then hit a bad drive on 18. But made a good bogey in the end. “Once I made the turn, things started to go for me a little bit more. After nine, I didn’t expect to shoot 5 under par, but it’s nice to shoot that score and get right into the tournament.â€� McIlroy began his FedExCup defense with a third-place finish at last week’s ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP. He had to dig himself out of a hole, though, after a first-round 72 that left him eight shots behind co-leaders Tiger Woods and Gary Woodland. McIlroy shot 65-63-67 in the final three rounds to finish six behind Woods. “The last few tournaments I’ve played, I’ve had a bad opening round and then been trying to play catch up,â€� McIlroy said. “At least now, I’m right in the thick of things from the start, which is a better place to be.â€� McIlroy also is in a better position that last year, when he got off to an inauspicious start in his first start of the season. He shot 10-over 298 to finish T54 at last year’s HSBC Champions, one of just three finishes outside the top 25 in 19 starts.
