The Irish crowds, understandably, showed up in huge numbers and were excited to see Rory McIlroy. Sure, the World No.2 was at Royal Portrush in July for the British Open, but this week he is about 300 kilometres south at the K Club for the Irish Open. And he brought his green jacket with him.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Rory McIlroy says he hasn\u2019t done enough of one thing since winning the Masters<\/a><\/p>\n On Thursday, in the opening round, McIlroy got a sour taste in his mouth when his group \u2013 along with Thriston Lawrence and Kristoffer Reitan \u2013 was put on the clock for slow play twice, once early and again late.<\/p>\n Reporters caught up with an unhappy McIlroy after shooting one-under 71.<\/p>\n \u201cI got frustrated the last few holes because I felt a bit rushed,\u201d McIlroy told a group of media. \u201cWe got put on the clock pretty early and then the first official went away and then we were put on the clock for the last three holes by another one.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like it always happens and I don\u2019t think they use sort of common sense in terms of, well, of course we\u2019re going to lose ground because we\u2019re going to have to wait on crowds and wait on the two camera crews that are out there. They should give us a little bit of leeway.\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f “You feel a bit rushed.”<\/p>\n \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f “I don’t think they use common sense.”<\/p>\n Nathan Murphy speaks to Rory McIlroy after his first round at the Amgen Irish Open, who wants more “common sense” when it comes to timings. pic.twitter.com\/Cim77rREtZ<\/a><\/p>\n