WASHINGTON — Rory McIlroy shrugged off a 90-minute storm delay and sank a 30-foot eagle putt to steal the show in Saturday's (Sunday in Manila) four-ball format third round of the PGA Zurich Classic.
WASHINGTON — Rory McIlroy shrugged off a 90-minute storm delay and sank a 30-foot eagle putt to steal the show in Saturday's four-ball format third round of the PGA Zurich Classic. The 35-year-old from Northern Ireland, coming off a Masters triumph two weeks ago to complete a career Grand Slam, rolled in the clutch putt at the 18th green to complete an 11-under par 61 round for defending champions McIlroy and Ireland's Shane Lowry.
' In a bid to become the event's first back-to-back champions, they were on 22-under 194 after 54 holes at TPC of Louisiana, five adrift of US leaders Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin, who seek their first PGA titles. The Americans also fired a 61 for a three-stroke lead over Japan's Ryo Hisatsune and Takumi Kanaya and Americans Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan with Danish twins Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard and US rookies Kevin Velo and Isaiah Salinda on 193.
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