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Rory McIlroy hoicks his tee shot at 14 into the woods down the left. He will get a fortunate bounce that doesn’t kick his ball again out, however does put him into place to take a shy over the bushes and into the inexperienced. He flies the inexperienced and lands among the many patrons. That’s not the worst end result, all instructed, offering no one’s taken a sore one upside the top, clearly.
Bryson from the center of 13, hitting 7-iron after that monster drive. The right place … from which he tugs into the bunker on the back-left of the inexperienced. That’s a careless mistake. Birdie for Shane Lowry at 14, reward for sending his strategy from 136 yards to 10 ft. He’s now in a share of third with DeChambeau. And up on 18, birdie for Patrick Reed, his third within the final six holes. He indicators for a 69 and is the brand new clubhouse chief at -6.
Xander Schauffele, having birdied 13 and 15, pars his method in for a spherical of 70. At -4 general, the Open and PGA champion might be a bit too far again to harbour life like hopes about tomorrow, although he does have a share of the clubhouse lead with Zach Johnson and Nicolas Echavarria.
In actual fact McIlroy does have an honest stance, and is ready to chip crisply to 5 ft. A very good birdie likelihood. He’s missed one or two of these at present, although. In the meantime behind him, again on the tee, Bryson batters an absurdly good 325-yard drive all the best way across the right-to-left dogleg. He’s within the centre of the green … from the place he’ll get view of Rory tidying up for his first birdie in eight holes. That ought to settle him after an especially dodgy 90 minutes. Par for Conners.
-10: McIlroy (13)
Bryson can’t save himself this time. His downhill putt on 12 is at all times sliding vast proper, and he slips again to -7. Up on 13, Rory slings a 5-iron into the inexperienced from 241 yards. It comes out of the primary reduce a bit sizzling, and practically topples right into a bunker on the again. He’ll have a clumsy stance, that’s proper on the lip. In the meantime his companion Corey Conners lays up, then sends his wedge down a financial institution to the left of the inexperienced. A tough up and down for his par.
Bryson DeChambeau dunks his tee shot at 12 into the bunker on the entrance. He will get a wee bit an excessive amount of on his splash out and is left with a 12-footer coming again for par. The kind of factor he’s been making nearly as a matter after all at present. In the meantime the unheralded Matt McCarty, having began out with 12 consecutive pars, lastly breaks the run with birdie at 13. He’s -6.
Scottie Scheffler’s second into 13 initially seems to be good, however disappears into sand on the again. He can’t stand up and down, and that is all very energy-lite from the world primary. Ludvig Åberg makes his birdie on 16; Viktor Hovland makes one on 14 after sending his second pin excessive to 10 ft. Nevertheless it’s a bogey for Justin Rose on 11, the results of sending his drive behind a tree.
-9: McIlroy (12)
Åberg follows Reed in practically acing 16. The pin’s ready usually reserved for Sunday, so balls touchdown in the course of the inexperienced are gathered down in direction of the water and the flag. His ball races 4 ft previous, however he’ll nonetheless have search for birdie. In the meantime again on the earlier par-three, the twelfth, Rory McIlroy sends his tee shot into Scheffler’s Swale. He putts his method out of bother, to tap-in distance for par. Corey Conners makes par too, in additional tense style, forking out from the deep bunker on the entrance, then rolling within the ten-footer that continues to be.
Ludvig Åberg has been out of sight for a lot of the day since dropping early strokes at 1 and 4. However he’s launching a correct comeback bid right here. Birdie at 8, and now back-to-back birdies at 14 and 15, and instantly final yr’s runner-up is concerned once more at -5. Another and he’ll be in excellent nick forward of tomorrow’s remaining spherical.
In different Hanging On information, right here’s Rory McIlroy, who’s presently struggling a spherical of two halves. His strategy into 11 is held up by the wind, which is unlucky; the dismal nature of his subsequent chip not a lot. He carelessly leaves himself a six-footer for par, and within the context of the previous few holes, it’s a biggie. To his credit score, he teases it into the centre of the cup and stays one clear at -9. However every thing was trying really easy for him earlier. Now it seems a dreadful battle.
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Eire, hits from the tough on the seventh gap. {Photograph}: David J Phillip/APShareUp to date at 23.25 CEST
Jason Day chips in from the facet of 14! The 2011 runner-up has been somewhat wayward over the previous few holes however has one way or the other clung onto the sting of the race by his fingernails. And now right here’s his reward. He’s again in it. In the meantime on 16, the 2018 champion Patrick Reed is a few inches away from a hole-in one. He faucets in for birdie and at -5 he’s removed from out of this both.
Bryson DeChambeau is a street-fighting genius. He’s already made fairly a number of jaw-dropping up and downs at present, and right here’s one other, a chip ran into the face of the financial institution, the ball rolling out to kick-in distance. Par. However Scottie Scheffler can’t save his. It’s simply not occurring for the reigning champion. In the meantime his enjoying companion Tyrrell Hatton, as beforehand predicted, brings the emotion, dropping his second stroke of the day after whistling his tee shot into the flowers, then flinging his ball into the drink as soon as bogey is established. He’s -3, and that yipped tiddler on 17 yesterday has clearly punctured his temper and self-belief.
Bryson DeChambeau’s second into 10 hits the financial institution on the entrance and kicks off to the left. Scottie Land. He’s shortsided, in order that’s not going to be a lot enjoyable. Up on 12, Scheffler lobs up from the again of the inexperienced however leaves himself a difficult ten-footer for par.
For the second day working, Scottie Scheffler tugs his tee shot at 12 in direction of the azaleas back-left of the inexperienced. This time the ball doesn’t disappear into the darkness earlier than popping again into the swale; it simply drops into the swale. Hardly preferrred, however then he chipped in from right here yesterday, so be careful!
First up, there’s a giant two-putt par save for Bryson DeChambeau on 9. He races his first one six ft previous, however coming again, tickles in efficiently the place Rory McIlroy forward of him had failed. He punches the air in triumph as he turns in 35. In the meantime up in 10, Rory’s par effort is at all times lacking on the correct, and after such a quick begin, that is now formally a correct wobble. And look how the leaderboard has concertinaed consequently!
-9: McIlroy (10)
Shane Lowry of Eire reacts on the tenth inexperienced. {Photograph}: Andrew Redington/Getty PhotosShare
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From the centre of 10, 162 yards out, Corey Conners wedges to kick-in distance, one of many pictures of the day. He’ll transfer to -8 and that’s a 3rd birdie in a row for the Canadian, who’s going about his enterprise quietly and effectively. Rory McIlroy against this takes one membership too many, and faces an extended putt again down the inexperienced. He sends his first one dribbling six ft previous. Large par saver developing?
Bryson DeChambeau splits the ninth fairway with one other high quality tee shot … solely to go away his wedge 30 ft in need of the flag. In actual fact he’s lucky the ball didn’t screw again off the entrance, Greg Norman type. A protracted two-putt left for his par.
Jason Day drops solely his second shot of the week. He tugs his tee shot at 12 in direction of the azaleas back-left, and might’t stand up and down from the swale. He slips to -5, alongside Scottie Scheffler, who remains to be battling in opposition to himself: at 10, a misjudged strategy hits the financial institution and bounces again down, entrance and left. A heavy-handed chip trundles 20 ft previous the flag … however in goes the putt coming again. Between them, the USA’s two largest stars, Scheffler and Bryson, have made some scrambles at present. It’s the way you win majors.
McIlroy will get a bit too assured together with his downhill birdie putt on 9. He raps it via the break and rolls 4 ft previous. Oo-er. However he makes the one coming again. Given what occurred on the earlier gap, that’s some good injury limitation I assume. However the lead’s solely two now, as a result of whereas Bryson DeChambeau can’t make his eagle putt on 8, he faucets in for birdie. Justin Rose picks up a stroke as effectively, and instantly issues are quite a bit tighter than they regarded quarter-hour in the past.
-10: McIlroy (9)
Rory McIlroy made a meal of 8. By comparability, Bryson DeChambeau is making mincemeat of it. Two massive blooters, and he’s pin excessive! He’ll take a look at eagle from the perimeter, 15 ft away. McIlroy responds up on 9 by sand-wedging from 113 yards to 6 ft for a high quality birdie likelihood of his personal.
Hats off to Viktor Hovland, who wanted two pictures to extricate himself from the pines down the left of 10 … then will get up and down from 150 yards to restrict the injury to bogey! A sensational 30-footer throughout the inexperienced and he’s -5. A bogey that gained’t harm an excessive amount of. Not so the one dropped by Shane Lowry on 9, the results of a weak splash out of a deep bunker on the entrance of the inexperienced. He turns in 35 and he’s -6 general.
Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Rose are each wayward with their tee pictures at 7. All the time out of place, they each find yourself dropping a shot. Very scrappy. However they don’t lose floor on the prime, as a result of Rory McIlroy’s chip again up from the swale at 8 is method quick, and this time his putter doesn’t dig him out of trouble. Bogey, his first dropped shot because the ludicrous double at 17 on Thursday. The second best gap on the course as effectively.
-10: McIlroy (8)
Rory McIlroy is up in opposition to the tall face of the green bunker at 8. He clips the highest of it together with his escape and is left with an extended iron coming in. His third bounds off the again of the inexperienced and there’s one other par scramble developing. Bother additionally for Victor Hovland, who sends his tee shot at 10 deep into the bushes close to the cabins down the left, and isn’t capable of hack out together with his first try. He nearly manages it together with his second. This might find yourself being expensive.
Rory McIlroy isn’t the one participant making outrageous par saves. Right here’s Jason Day, lashing his tee shot at 10 deep into the bushes down the correct. He batters out from the pin straw, underneath hanging branches, into the bunker entrance proper. That’s just about the very best end result attainable, and he splashes out to 4 ft earlier than making the putt. He stays at -6, and has nonetheless solely dropped one stroke this week, on 18 yesterday. That bogey was a wee disgrace, too, as a result of had he parred, he’d have turn out to be the primary participant since Ed Sneed in 1979 to go bogey-free for the opening two rounds.
OK, so Rory McIlroy has one foot in and one foot out of The Zone. He larrups an extended drive up the par-five eighth, nevertheless it’s at all times leaking somewhat to the correct and results in the massive bunker. All is nonetheless not misplaced. In the meantime up forward, Viktor Hovland makes back-to-back birdies at 8 and 9 to show in 34 strokes. He’s -6.
Properly, right here’s the top of Rory’s run of threes … nevertheless it’s a fairly sensible par save nonetheless. He was in all kinds of trouble after that wild drive, however lobbed greenside. He was nonetheless confronted with a clumsy chip up and over a ridge working throughout the inexperienced … however knocked it to a few ft. Such a fragile wedge. In goes the par putt, and given the tee shot, that’ll really feel pretty much as good as a birdie. He stays at -11.
Bryson replicates Rory’s antics on 6. A conservative tee shot into the center of the inexperienced that leaves a 40-footer. A putt raced eight ft previous the flag. Large par putt developing. In it goes. He’s hanging on all proper. Justin Rose in the meantime celebrates a par saver of comparable distance. They’re -8 and -7 respectively. In the meantime on 8, Scottie Scheffler’s (relative) woes proceed as he leaves his wedge into the beneficiant par-five 25 ft quick. The birdie putt by no means seems to be like dropping, and the defending champ seems to be surprisingly in need of power. He stays -5.
Maybe Rory McIlroy remains to be in The Zone in spite of everything. From 137 yards, he opens the face of his membership skywards and provides it every thing to stand up and over the bushes. His ball lands close to the inexperienced to the left, which is a few outcome from the place he was, albeit one which leaves a really testing up and down, from a swale, throughout a viciously tilting inexperienced. If he chips in from right here to maintain that run of threes going, they could as effectively award him the Inexperienced Jacket now.
Extra on Rory, whereas we are able to, as a result of he’s deep within the bushes down the correct of seven, and there doesn’t appear to be an apparent method out, by no means thoughts to the inexperienced. “So, six holes, six threes,” observes Matt Emerson. “If he retains this up he’s capturing 54.”
Maybe Rory’s lastly crusing out of The Zone. As a result of he’s adopted up that comparatively shaky par on 6 by carving his drive at 7 in direction of the seventeenth tee field! Some enjoyable upcoming right here. So whereas his argument remains to be related, right here’s Adam Hirst: “This isn’t the Rory of current occasions. It’s the Rory of 2012. Regardless of being on the prime of the tree, and even successful two majors, he by no means fairly reached these ranges once more, when he can run away from an excellent subject. He hasn’t finished that for greater than a decade.”
Scottie Scheffler will get a flyer from the second reduce down the left of seven. His ball sails over the inexperienced and dunks into the bunker behind. He’s forking out downhill, so does fairly effectively to get his ball to cease eight ft previous. However he can’t make the one coming again. A bogey that felt prefer it was coming. In the meantime it’s a second successive up-and-down from sand for Bryson DeChambeau, this time at 5. He’s unfortunate as a result of the pin stopped that dropping straight in. He stays three off the lead.
-11: McIlroy (6)
Rory’s document: a 3-3-3-3-3-3 begin!
Yep, it’s a card of 3-3-3-3-3-3 for Rory McIlroy. This one’s made in a special type, as he races his first lengthy putt at 6 ten ft previous … however rolls the one coming again straight into the center of the cup. Nerveless. In doing so, he turns into the primary participant in Masters historical past to start a spherical with six consecutive threes.
Rory McIlroy of Northern Eire reacts after his chip shot for an eagle on the second inexperienced. {Photograph}: Erik S Lesser/EPAShare
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BREAKING NEWS: Rory McIlroy is just not excellent. He finds the center of the inexperienced on the par-three sixth, however he’s nowhere close to the flag. The cautious play. He’s acquired one thing to lose now. Even so, two putts from 48 ft and it’ll be a card of 3-3-3-3-3-3.
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Rory McIlroy rattles house his right-to-left slider on 5 for one more birdie, and that is fairly absurd, he’s opened with 3-3-3-3-3! He’s already 5 underneath for his spherical. Again on 4, Justin Rose carelessly three-putts to drop out of a share for second; that’s his third bogey in ten holes. His enjoying companion Bryson DeChambeau in the meantime splashes out elegantly from the sand to kick-in distance, and that’s a high quality sandy par. And up on 6, Shane Lowry’s reward for one of many tee pictures of the day, to 3 ft, is birdie. What worth an all-Eire remaining pairing tomorrow?
-11: McIlroy (5)
Bryson DeChambeau dunks his tee shot at 4 into the bunker guarding the front-right of the par-three inexperienced. The pin’s back-left. Up on the supposedly treacherous fifth, Rory McIlroy lands his 342-yard drive safely to the correct of the damaging fairway bunkers, then clips his strategy from 173 yards to 18 ft. He’ll have an outdoor have a look at birdie, and two putts for a par you’d take all day lengthy. And on 6, from the underside of the swale on the again, Delicate-Fingers Scottie bumps his chip into the financial institution, his ball bouncing gently up onto the inexperienced earlier than rolling out serenely to a few ft. What a par save that’s. Bogey regarded most definitely. As soon as once more, Scheffler is flat-out refusing to go away regardless of not being fairly in charge of his recreation.
Bryson DeChambeau is up and out of his putt in a short time. It’s at all times breaking vast left. A careless bogey on a gap that’s given up 18 birdies at present and is averaging 3.7 strokes. In the meantime on the par-three sixth, Scottie Scheffler airmails his iron over the inexperienced. He’s down the underside of a swale with little or no inexperienced to work with up prime. That’ll check his delicate fingers.
-10: McIlroy (4)
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