LAST UPDATE | 12 May
RORY MCILROY HAS closed the gap on leader Xander Schauffele and is now just one shot behind the American heading into the last day of the Wells Fargo.
The Hollywood man had his second straight bogey-free day with a four-under par 67 after he shot four birdies to set up a thrilling finish at Quail Hollow in Charlotte on Sunday.
McIlroy said he was pleased with his performance on Saturday and said: “Two straight bogey-free rounds, this is what it must feel like to be Scottie Scheffler.
“I think I’ve held out pretty well for the most part inside six feet, and then I think because I know this golf course so well, I’ve missed it in the right spots when I have missed the green.
“To play two rounds in a row on this golf course in these conditions bogey free is a bit of a feather in my cap, I’m pretty proud of that.”
Schauffele had his worst day of the tournament so far, carding a one-under par 70 with two birdies and a bogey.
He sits at 12-under par, with South Korea’s Sungjae Im four shots behind in third.
Shane Lowry is six-over overall after shooting a two-over 73 on Saturday.
Seamus Power moved to even-par with a one-under 7o, the Waterford man hitting three birdies and two bogeys.
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Elsewhere, Pádraig Harrington is one shot off the lead at The Tradition.
USA’s Doug Barron and Ernie Ellis of South Africa are out in front, with Harrington on 12-under overall after a third round 70.
The Dubliner carded birdies on the first, second, 10th, 13th and 18th, but a double bogey on hole 11 was a setback.
Harrington, 52, is chasing his second senior Major and eighth win on the PGA Tour Champions.
The previous leader, Steve Stricker, is a shot further back along with Charlie Wi.
Madelene Sagstrom and Rose Zhang have pulled clear at the Cognizant Founders Cup in New Jersey.
Sagstrom holds the lead on 19-under, but by the minimum with Zhang lurking. Nelly Korda is next in line, 10 shots further back.
Leona Maguire is on three-under after a third round 71, shooting one-under for the day.
Stephanie Meadow missed the cut.
- Additional reporting by The 42 Team.
