Rory McIlroy shoots an impressive eagle during the second round of the Paris Olympics

Rory McIlroy began his campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics golf event on Thursday, August 1. The Irishman had an underwhelming start at the tournament but made up for it during Round 2 at Le Golf National. In the ongoing second round, McIlroy managed to shoot an eagle.

McIlroy was close to hitting an albatross but his shot from 260 yards out hit the flagstick and set him up to score an eagle. The Irishman is currently 5-under par and he seems to be making up for the relatively slow start in Round 1 on Thursday.

The 2024 Olympics is McIlroy's second appearance at the Games. He withdrew from the 2016 Rio Olympics due to the Zika virus. McIlroy competed at the subsequent Tokyo Olympics. In Japan, the 35-year-old missed out on a bronze medal win as he finished fourth.

Rory McIlroy is currently representing Ireland at the Paris Olympics alongside Shane Lowry in a bid to win Ireland its first Olympic medal in golf.

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What was Rory McIlroy's position on the leaderboard after Round 1 at the 2024 Olympics?

After the conclusion of Round 1 at the Paris Olympics, Rory McIlroy was in T14 with a score of 3-under. The Irishman was tied with the likes of Matthias Schmid, Alejandro Tosti, Corey Conners, Ludvig Aberg, Guido Migliozzi, and Carlos Ortiz.

Here is how the leaderboard looked after Round 1:

• 1. Hideki Matsuyama -8
• 2. Xander Schauffele -6
• T3. Joaquin Niemann -5
• T3. Emiliano Grillo -5
• T3. Tom Kim -5
• T6. Alex Noren -4
• T6. Ryan Fox -4
• T6. Tommy Fleetwood -4
• T6. Sepp Straka -4
• T6. Scottie Scheffler -4
• T6. Sami Valimaki -4
• T6. Erik van Rooyen -4
• T6. Jon Rahm -4
• T14. Matthias Schmid -3
• T14. Alejandro Tosti -3
• T14. Corey Conners -3
• T14. Rory McIlroy -3
• T14. Ludvig Aberg -3
• T14. Guido Migliozzi -3
• T14. Carlos Ortiz -3
• T21. C.T. Pan -2
• T21. Jason Day -2
• T21. Zecheng Dou -2
• T21. Matteo Manassero -2
• T21. David Puig -2
• T21. Mito Pereira -2
• T21. Joel Girrbach -2
• T21. Tapio Pulkkanen -2
• T29. Victor Perez -1
• T29. Christiaan Bezuidenhout -1
• T29. Adrien Dumont de Chassart -1
• T29. Phachara Khongwatmai -1
• T29. Abraham Ancer -1
• T29. Yechun Yuan -1
• T29. Keita Nakajima -1
• T29. Nicolai Hojgaard -1
• T29. Nick Taylor -1
• T29. Viktor Hovland -1
• T29. Collin Morikawa -1
• T29. Shubhankar Sharma -1
• T29. Fabrizio Zanotti -1
• T42. Thorbjorn Olesen 0
• T42. Stephan Jaeger 0
• T42. Thomas Detry 0
• T42. Shane Lowry 0
• T42. Matthieu Pavon 0
• T42. Kristoffer Ventura 0
• 48. Byeong Hun An +1
• T49. Adrian Meronk +2
• T49. Kevin Yu +2
• T49. Matt Fitzpatrick +2
• T49. Rafa Campos +2
• T53. Kiradech Aphibarnrat +3
• T53. Gavin Green +3
• T53. Nico Echavarria +3
• T56. Wyndham Clark +4
• T56. Daniel Hillier +4
• T56. Gaganjeet Bhullar +4
• T59. Min Woo Lee +5
• T59. Camilo Villegas +5