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Rory McIlroy was kicking himself after carding a first-round one-under-par 71 as he started the defense of his European PGA Championship title at Wentworth on Thursday.

The world No.1 was four shots off the early pace set by Sweden's Robert Karlsson, who had a 67, and three away from England's Chris Wood and a pair of Spaniards in Miguel -Angel Jimenez and Jorge Campillo who all shot 68s.

McIlroy, fresh from his win at Quail Hollow in the US last week Nike Shox Gravity Sale , had started with a bogey at the par-four first and was never better than one under par and could only manage pars on the two closing par-fives.

"I felt like I left a couple out there but when I look at the leader board I'm only three shots off the lead," the Northern Irishman told reporters.

"Everyone else must have been finding it quite difficult out there, as well. I didn't feel like any aspect of my game was really off today.

"But at the same time, I didn't do anything that good, either. There's definitely room for improvement over the next few days."

McIlroy is following a relentless schedule flying into London from the US on -Monday, attending the European Tour's Players' Awards dinner on Tuesday night and playing Wednesday's Pro-Am with -former Manchester United -soccer players Paul Scholes and Phil Neville.

And the Northern Irishman was aiming to put his feet up after venting his frustrations on the course during his first round.

"Physically I'm all right Cheap Nike Shox Gravity ," he said. "Mentally I feel myself -getting a bit angry out there which I haven't been doing the last few weeks. I just sort of need to stay in control of my emotions because I feel like that's one of the things, if I'm a little tired or a little fatigued mentally, I'll start to be hard on myself and start to get down on myself."

The Northern Irishman is looking for his fourth title of the year after wins in Dubai and at the WGC Match Play Championship to add to last week's triumph in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Karlsson had two birdies in the last three holes to nip into the lead after Campillo had -finished with a flourish, making a birdie four at the 17th and eagling the par-five 18th to build on his encouraging -seventh place in last week's Spanish Open.

Another Spaniard, Pablo Larrazabal was a shot back after an opening 69.

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