McIlroy struggles at foggy Scottish Open

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcilroy-rory/djwanksN/"]McIlroy[/a], who completed a career Grand Slam of major titles at the US Masters in April, had been among the leaders overnight but fell to six-under as fog disrupted the entire day's play.[/p][p]The world number two was out-of-sorts after a long delay. Three bogeys in his eight completed holes left him trailing England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fitzpatrick-matthew/6whOHmtf/"]Matt Fitzpatrick[/a] and American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thorbjornsen-michael/l4vvpI4A/"]Michael Thorbjornsen[/a] who were both on 11-under par when play was suspended for the night.[/p][p]Fitzpatrick made a strong start with four birdies in seven holes lifting him to 12-under-par.[/p][p]A bogey immediately followed on eight, which was to be the Englishman's final hole of the day.[/p][embed guid="fe84d936-8305-47e1-8d90-4da92879042b" url="https://x.com/DPWorldTour/status/2075863393521615114" social-type="twitter" /][p]Thorbjornsen hit five birdies in 13 holes.[/p][p]Johnny Keefer was the clubhouse leader at 10-under. He was tied with fellow Americans [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clark-wyndham/x4NXN7qb/"]Wyndham Clark[/a], Chris Gotterup and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/roy-kevin/p2QBMv50/"]Kevin Roy[/a], Australian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lee-min-woo/IwMMLluD/"]Min Woo Lee[/a] and English overnight co-leader [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smith-jordan/M9dWuDei/"]Jordan Smith[/a], who all had holes still to complete.[/p][p]Keefer had a single dropped shot and seven birdies in his 64.[/p][p]U.S. Open champion Clark made four birdies in his 15 holes, with defending champion Gotterup chalking up three in his ten.[/p][embed guid="b4717b24-2ea0-447e-8336-e1ffad105abd" url="https://x.com/DPWorldTour/status/2076005112447644031" social-type="twitter" /][p]The event at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick, east of Edinburgh is played on a links -- or coastal course -- as is the British Open.[/p][p]The 154th edition of golf's oldest major championship takes place next week at Royal Birkdale near Liverpool.[/p]