Rory McIlroy was almost apologetic Wednesday when asked about his game plan at Philadelphia Cricket Club. "[T]he strategy is just hit driver everywhere and then figure it out from there," he said. And that's exactly what he did Thursday in Round 1 of the Truist Championship,

The A.W. Tillinghast course is a jewel from golf's Golden Age. Rory loves it, but has a hot take on what could make it even better.

The technological advancements of the driver and the refinement of the golf ball to make it fly farther have made an antique like the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course about 500 or 600 yards too short,