BMW Championship – third-round leaderboard
-17 W Clark (US); -12 R McIlroy (NI), P Cantlay (US); -11 C Gotterup (US), G Woodland (US); -10 C Morikawa (US); -9 S J Im (Kor); -8 M McNealy (US), R Hisatsune (Jpn), E Cole (US), JJ Spaun (US)
Chosen others: -5 R MacIntyre (Sco); -4 A Rai (Eng), M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -1 J Rose (Eng), A Fitzpatrick (Eng); +2 T Fleetwood (Eng)
Rory McIlroy struck a five-under 65 to maneuver to joint-second on day three on the BMW Championship.
The Northern Irishman improved from a day two spherical of 69 that price him his first-day lead, birdieing 4 of the final six holes to maneuver as much as second spot on 12 below.
American Patrick Cantlay of the USA is stage with McIlroy, having shot a 66 on Saturday, whereas his compatriot Wyndham Clark prolonged his lead at Bellerive Nation Membership to 5 pictures with a 65.
Clark double-bogeyed the opening gap however was excellent thereafter, birdieing twice after which hitting an eagle on the eighth to enter the activate two below.
He then birdied 4 of the subsequent 5 holes earlier than bogeying the final, returning to the clubhouse on -17 general.
The house duo of Chris Gotterup and Gary Woodland sit on -11 in a single day with compatriot Collin Morikawa on -10 and South Korea’s Im Sung-Jae on -9.
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and American world primary Scottie Scheffler struck 68s to complete in a gaggle of eight on -15, with England’s Aaron Rai and Matthew Fitzpatrick a shot behind.
The skilled English pair of Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood each slipped down the sphere after over-par rounds. Rose shot 73, to depart him on -1 going into the ultimate day, whereas Fleetwood’s 74 put him on +2.
