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Rory McIlroy put his US Open heartbreak behind him when he made an impressive start to the defence of his Scottish Open title on July 11.
The Northern Irishman carded a five-under 65 to sit just a shot off the first-round clubhouse lead shared by Germany's Max Kieffer and China's Li Haotong.
"I'm not going to let three or four holes cloud my judgment in terms of how good I'm playing," said the 35-year-old.
McIlroy is competing for the first time since agonisingly missing out on a fifth Major title at the US Open.
He held a two-shot lead with five holes to play at Pinehurst but bogeyed three of the last four before finishing a shot behind Bryson DeChambeau.
The devastating loss left McIlroy still looking to add to his last Major which he won in 2014.
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