Rory McIlroy has clashed with fans at the PGA Championship about making noise during his swing.
The Northern Irishman pointed towards a spectator on Hole 4 at Aronimink, addressing how they were using their camera.
McIlroy appeared to be distracted by the fan, telling them: "Wait until after we've hit."
The Northern Irishman then thanked the spectator before stepping up to take his putt.
Rory McIlroy has clashed with fans at the PGA Championship
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The Masters Champion has been partnered up with Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm in round one, getting off to a wayward start, hitting a tree with his first shot and shanking his second.
Ironically, it came after the 37-year-old had bemoaned the lack of trees around the course at Aronimink.
Prior to the start of the second major of the season, McIlroy suggested tournament organisers were wrong to take them down.
"It's basically bash driver down there and then figure it out," he said when asked about his strategy.
The Masters Champion has been partnered up with Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm in round one
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"When these traditional golf courses take a lot of trees out, it makes strategy not as much of a concern off the tee.
"I think about Oak Hill in 2023, here... same kind of thing."
McIlroy could easily have been forgiven for thinking that the lack of trees would enable a smoother pathway to the green.
Yet with his first shot of the competition, the two-time Masters champion sent his effort right into one, with the ball then ricocheting onto the rough.
Rpry McIlroy won the first major of the year in April
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His playing partner, Rahm, has been equally as critical.
"I've been making this joke for the last few years where I see a lot of golf courses coming in saying, look, 100 years ago, this golf course was like this, there was no trees," he remarked.
"I'm like, well, in the back of my mind, they planted those trees with the future vision of having those trees in play, and now you're taking them all out.
"While I see both points, I don't know which one is more valid than the next."
Rory McIlroy has been suffering from a blister going into the big event
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McIlroy has been suffering from a blister going into the big event.
He used extra padding, separated his little toe from the others and switched to a wider shoe half a size larger than normal.
"I figured it out and separated the little toe from the other ones, and a bit of cushion around it definitely helped," he said.
"And then just going to a bigger shoe and a different style of shoe as well, a little wider and a little softer in the toe box."
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