Rickie Fowler and Wyndham Clark lead as world number one Scottie Scheffler sits in fourth
McIlroy held a share of the lead after two-putting the first for a birdie and then holing from 12ft for another on the third, but that proved to be the longest putt the world number three holed all day.
Asked about using his experience of previous major wins on Sunday, McIlroy added: “It’s been such a long time since I’ve done it and I’m going out there to try to execute a game plan.An otherwise dull day had finally been enlivened by Fowler holing from 70ft for an unlikely birdie on the 13th, followed minutes later by Scheffler holing out from 196 yards for an eagle on the 17th.
Scheffler, who has struggled with his putting recently, also birdied the 18th to complete a second consecutive 68 and close to within four of Fowler’s lead. “I saw where it landed and I thought it would funnel out on to the green and I’d have a look for birdie and then you could see everybody as the noise started to kind of rise, then they erupted, which is always nice when you’re standing back there in the fairway.”
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