England’s Alex Fitzpatrick entered the final round of the PGA Tour’s Truist Championship with a one-stroke lead, while Rory McIlroy’s title hopes were dashed in North Carolina.
Fitzpatrick used a mix of eight birdies and one bogey to shoot an incredible 7-under-par 64 at Quail Hollow Club to move to 14-under and one stroke clear of Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan.
Cameron Young shot a round of 63 to jump into third place and move two points clear of the lead, while Nicolai Hojgaard was fourth behind with interim leader Sungjae Lim in fourth place.
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JJ Spun and Justin Thomas are both 9 under par and 5 strokes behind, and Tommy Fleetwood, who was one goal behind in the final group and middle round along with Lim Seong-hoon, is also tied for 6th place with 1 under par 70 strokes.
McIlroy, a four-time winner of the event, was four strokes behind the halfway lead, but fell down the leaderboard and out of contention after a third-round 75.
The back-to-back Masters champion birdied the par 4 first, but lost more ground after dropping shots on both par 3s on the front nine and making four straight bogeys on the back nine.
McIlroy had to settle for a birdie on the par-5 15th after missing an eagle attempt from 10 feet, and the world No. 2 closed with three straight pars to head into the final day at 1 under par.
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