McIlroy, at 9-over, was 21 strokes behind Cameron Champ, who entered Saturday with a two-stroke lead in the final event ahead of the U.S. Open. The reigning Masters champion isn’t involved in weekend play in a non-major tour for the first time since the 2023 Players Championship.

After Scottie Scheffler's latest win at the Memorial Tournament, much of the talk coming into this week's RBC Canadian Open was how Rory McIlroy would respond in his first start since the PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy made an 8 on his fifth hole Friday at TPC Toronto, free-falling down the RBC Canadian Open leaderboard. After hitting his tee shot into the right rough on the par 4, McIlroy's approach shot from 134 yards traveled 165 — so far past the spectators around the green that they didn't notice it soar over their heads.