{"id":1249269,"date":"2024-02-02T02:33:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T02:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/rory-mcilroy-falls-foul-of-rule-change-as-thomas-detry-sets-early-pace\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T09:06:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T09:06:30","slug":"pebble-beach-pro-am-2024-r1-thomas-detry-sets-early-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pebble-beach-pro-am-2024-r1-thomas-detry-sets-early-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy falls foul of rule change as Thomas Detry sets early pace"},"content":{"rendered":"
Belgium\u2019s Thomas Detry took a one-shot lead after the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AM as Rory McIlroy suffered a dramatic late-round collapse.<\/p>\n
McIlroy, playing his first PGA Tour round of the year after a win and a second place in Dubai, was leading after 14 holes as three successive birdies took him to six-under-par.<\/p>\n
But the world number two dropped five strokes in his final four holes at Spyglass Hill \u2013 one of two courses being used by the 80-strong field \u2013 including a triple bogey at the par five seventh hole after he fell foul of a rule change which cost him a two-shot penalty.<\/p>\n