ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Rory McIlroy moved into the void left by the departure of Tiger Woods at the British Open, holing a bunker shot for eagle and revving...
shot a 4-under 68 in the third round, finishing the day at 11-under and tied for 11th. Fellow area golfers Bryson DeChambeau and Will Zalatoris finished the day tied for 18th and 24th respectively.
McIlroy only a day earlier tipped his cap to Woods as he started his second round and Woods was on his way to missing the cut, crossing thefor what might have been last time. The R&A set the tee times that way so they would pass each other. His lone mistake was coming out of the left rough and over the 17th green, across the road and near the stone wall. He played a safe pitch onto the green and two-putted for bogey.
This is his first big moment in a major, and he sounded up to the task. Hovland also saw — and heard — what the will be up against Sunday. Young, the PGA Tour rookie who finished one shot out of a playoff at the PGA Championship two months ago, had a 71.
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