After hitting Bourbon Street for a steak dinner
before the tournament, McIlroy and Lowry shot an 11-under 61 in
Thursday's four-ball (best ball) action, racking up 11 birdies
without a bogey. It was a stellar showing from the Ulsterman and
Irishman, who have five major titles between them, in their
Zurich debuts.
McIlroy and Lowry ripped off four straight birdies en route to a
6-under 30 on the front nine, then came home in 5-under 31.
They're tied with the teams of Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard, Ben
Kohles and Patton Kizzire, and David Lipsky and Englishman Aaron
Rai.
One stroke behind that quartet of teams are Davis Thompson and
Andrew Novak, Cameron Champ and South Africa's MJ Daffue, and
Belgian Thomas Detry and Scotland's Robert MacIntyre.
The teams will play foursomes (alternate shot) -- considered the
more difficult of the two formats -- on Friday before the
36-hole cut. The field will proceed to play four-balls on
Saturday and foursomes on Sunday.
Eric Cole and Russ Cochran find themselves tied for 74th
following a 3-under 69, but Cole got to enjoy a hole-in-one at
the 207-yard, par-3 14th hole.
--Field Level Media
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