Rory McIlroy said he was prepared to take on the elements as well as the rest of the field after establishing a narrow lead at the halfway stage of the Scottish Open on Friday.
The Northern Irishman added a second round of 66 to his opening 64 at the Renaissance Club to be 10 under par, a shot ahead of his Ryder Cup teammate Tyrrell Hatton and South Korea’s Tom Kim.
It was another encouraging display by the 34-year-old McIlroy, who will return next week to the scene of his only British Open triumph at Hoylake in 2014 — the last of his four major wins.
Friday’s round meant that for the fifth time in his PGA Tour career — the event is co-sanctioned with the DP World (European) Tour — McIlroy has started a tournament with two scores of 66 or better.
Four of those previous occasions led to three tournament wins, including his British Open success of nine years ago.
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