ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP

October 3, 2024

Rory McIlroy

Quick Quotes

Q. 69, beautiful day at Carnoustie, how would you describe your play today?

RORY McILROY: Yeah, it was okay. A bit slow to get out of the blocks. I actually played very nice on our front nine, which is the back nine. Missed a lot of opportunities, and then maybe a little scrappier on the back. But yeah, overall, it was a perfect day to play Carnoustie. I probably didn't quite take advantage of the conditions the way that I wanted to or should have but yeah, a solid round and something to try to build upon tomorrow at Kingsbarns.

Q. Playing with your dad in the team event, how cool is that? How did he play today?

RORY McILROY: He didn't play very well at all. He bettered me by two, which was nice, but there's definitely room for improvement there for both of the McIlroys. Lovely to be out here with him. We've done this a few time before. It's his 65th birthday on Saturday. So to be able to stroll around the Old Course with him on the 65th is going to be a pretty cool occasion. Delighted to be out here with him, and hopefully we can make a few more birdies tomorrow.

Q. Kingsbarns tomorrow, looking forward to that one?

RORY McILROY: I think. So it's nice to get Carnoustie out of the way. It's a course whereas I said, we had perfect conditions for it. So I feel like I could have taken advantage of it a bit more. But yeah, Kingsbarns, a course here, if you do get decent conditions, obviously historically, there's been a lot of low scoring. So you know, try to get out there tomorrow and shoot a low one and get myself into the tournament.