Masters champion Rory McIlroy tumbled out of the RBC Canadian Open on Friday with his worst round in nearly a year, with Cameron Champ taking a two-stroke lead into the weekend in the final event before the U.S. Open.

McIlroy shot an 8-over 78, making a mess of the fifth hole with a quadruple-bogey 8 in his highest score since also shooting 78 last year in the first round of the British Open. He had a double bogey on No. 11, four bogeys and two birdies.

“Of course, it concerns me,” said McIlroy, who missed the cut by 12 strokes. “You don’t want to shoot high scores like the one I did today. Still, I felt like I came here obviously with a new driver thinking that that sort of was going to be good and solve some of the problems off the tee, but it didn’t.”

Champ had four birdies in a 68 in the morning a day after opening with a 62. He was at 12 under, playing the first 36 holes without a bogey.

“It’s firmed up a little bit, but fairly similar to yesterday,” Champ said. “The fairways I feel like were firming up a little bit. The greens slightly, but pretty close to how they were yesterday.”

Andrew Putnam was second after a bogey-free 62 on the course hosting the event for the first time. He won the 201 Barracuda Championship for his lone tour title.

Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark, tied for the first-round lead with Cristobal Del Solar after a 61, had a 70 drop into a tie for third at 9 under with Canadians Richard Lee (64) and Nick Taylor (65) and France’s Victor Perez (65).

Del Solar was 8 under after a 71. Shane Lowry (68) also was 8 under with Ryan Fox (66), Jake Knapp (69), Sam Burns (66) and Matteo Manassero (65).

Elizabeth Szokol birdied the first five holes and shot an 8-under 62 on Friday for a share of the first-round lead with Ilhee Lee in the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway, New Jersey.

Playing in the afternoon on Seaview’s Bay Course, Szokol followed her opening birdie run with a bogey on No. 6, then added birdies on Nos. 8, 9, 13 and 16.

Top-ranked Nelly Korda opened with a 71, and No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul had a 68. Maja Stark shot 70.

Martin Kaymer and Bryson DeChambeau both shot a 5-under 66 in the first round of LIV Golf Virginia.

Six others, including Phil Mickelson, shot 67 and were a shot back.

college BASEBALL

Hunter Stokely drove in five runs, Luke Stevenson drove in four and North Carolina rolled to an 18-2 victory over Arizona on Friday to open the Chapel Hill Super Regional.

Jake Knapp allowed two runs on nine hits in seven innings. He improved to 14-0 with a 2.02 ERA. Tom Chmielewski finished with two scoreless innings.

Louisville 8, Miami 1: Jake Munroe hit two home runs and drove in five runs, leading the host Cardinals to a victory over the Hurricanes in the opening game of the Louisville Super Regional.

Oregon State 5, Florida State 4, 10 innings: AJ Singer’s 10th-inning single lifted the host Beavers to a come-from-behind victory over the Seminoles in the opening game of the Corvallis Super Regional.

Oregon State was down to its last strike in the ninth inning before Jacob Krieg’s two-run single tied it up at 4-4, capping a three-run rally.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Mia Scott hit a grand slam, Teagan Kavan claimed another win and Texas defeated Texas Tech 10-4 in Game 3 of the Women’s College World Series championship series on Friday night in Oklahoma City to win its first national title.

Kavan, a sophomore, allowed no earned runs in all 31 2/3 innings she pitched at the World Series. She went 4-0 with a save in the World Series for the Longhorns (56-12).

Texas Tech star pitcher NiJaree Canady, who had thrown every pitch for the Red Raiders (54-14) through their first five World Series games, was pulled after one inning in Game 3. She gave up five runs on five hits and only threw 25 pitches.

WNBA

Azura Stevens had 21 points including a career-high five 3-pointers, Dearica Hamby added 20 points and the visiting Sparks beat the Dallas Wings 93-79 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

Hamby and Stevens each reached 20-plus points for the fourth time this season. Odyssey Sims, who was coming off a 32-point performance in an 85-80 loss to Phoenix on Sunday, added 19 points and three 3-pointers for the Sparks.

Stevens reached her career high on 3-pointers with 4:45 left in the fourth on a wide-open shot from the corner off a nice drive and pass by Kelsey Plum.

Plum had 11 points, five rebounds and nine assists and Rickea Jackson scored 10 for Los Angeles (3-6).

DiJonai Carrington scored 16 points and JJ Quinerly had a career-high 14 for Dallas (1-8).

SWIMMING

Rex Maurer of Pasadena set a U.S. Open record in the men’s 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:43.33 on Friday in the USA Swimming Championships in Indianapolis.

Katie Ledecky, who has nine Olympic gold medals, took first in the women’s 400-meter freestyle in 3:58.56.