Rory McIlroy Sends Five-Word Message About His Game at Travelers Championship originally appeared on Athlon Sports. After struggling to build on the high of his Masters win that completed the career Grand Slam, Rory McIlroy produced some encouraging signs in the first round of the Travelers Championship on Thursday.

Rory McIlroy made a fast start to the Travelers Championship and was in a far more talkative mood at TPC River Highlands than he was at Oakmont.

Rory McIlroy put his US Open disappointment behind him with a bogey-free opening round at the Travelers Championship, though the Northern Irishman's relationship with the media remains strained