...SAND THAT IS HOW IT'S DONE

RUSTY Rory Mcllroy survived a sand storm to rescue his Scottish Open bid.

- BY CRAIG SWAN

And the Holywood superstar admits the best is yet to come after charging back into the Renaissance title hunt with a fabulous first-day finale.

Mcllroy suffered bunker bother when leaving one in the trap at the 15th of his opening round.

However, the career Grand Slam star holed a putt from off the green to rescue a bogey and that salvage act kickstarted a storming end.

Mcllroy birdied the last three holes to move to within four shots of the leaders Sepp Straka, Nico Echavarria, Jake Knapp and Victor Perez.