SHANGHAI, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Rory McIlroy piled up eight birdies Thursday while building a two-stroke lead in first-round play of golf's WGC-HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai.
McIlroy ended with a 7-under-par 65, which has him two strokes up on Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Jamie Donaldson. A group of Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson is tied for fourth at 4-under and seven more players are at 3-under.