After Scottie Scheffler's latest win at the Memorial Tournament, much of the talk coming into this week's RBC Canadian Open was how Rory McIlroy would respond in his first start since the PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy made an 8 on his fifth hole Friday at TPC Toronto, free-falling down the RBC Canadian Open leaderboard on his way to a missed cut. McIlroy followed that quadruple-bogey debacle with four bogeys and a double in shooting 8-over 78.

In the days leading up to the RBC Canadian Open, Rory McIlroy finally addressed his driver being deemed "no longer permissible" ahead of the PGA Championship where he finished 3-over and 15 shots back of Scottie Scheffler,