Intro:

Rory McIlroy was in an understandably good mood after a six-under-par round of 66 saw him take the clubhouse lead after the first round of the Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Rory McIlroy, Open Championship clubhouse leader on six-under-par:

"Any time you shoot 66 at the Open Championship you're going to be pleased. We had perfect scoring conditions out there this morning, there wasn't much wind early on. The wind started to pick up a little bit on the back nine, but…. yes, it was just, there was plenty of opportunities to make birdies and I was able to take a few of them. So, another great start and yes, looking forward to getting back out there tomorrow."

"Whenever I go out and play on Thursdays, there's not many expectations. Your going out there and you're trying to find a rhythm and you're just trying to play your way into the round. When you're going back out on a Friday after a good score, you know what you can do out on the golf course, you're going out with…. some expectations compared to when on Thursday you are going out with not many. So, I think I've got to just approach it like that and just start off trying to hit solid shots the first few holes and play my way into the round, just like I did today. Hit some really good shots on the first few holes and that gave me confidence and…. then I could go from there, but you really just take it one hole at a time, one shot at a time and I know everyone says it and you've heard it a million times, but it's true. That's what I'll be trying to do tomorrow."