Golf: McIlroy seizes two-shot lead
McIlroy moved within one round of seizing the world number one ranking.
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Rory McIlroy moved within one round of seizing the world number one ranking as he claimed a two-shot lead at the US PGA Tour’s Honda Classic. The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland, who can supplant England’s Luke Donald atop the rankings with a win, capped a four-under 66 on the par-70 course with a birdie from a bunker at the par-five 18th. McIlroy’s 54-hole total of 11-under 199 left him two strokes ahead of Americans Harris English and Tom Gillis. Meanwhile, former world number one Tiger Woods carded a one-under 69 and was nine off the pace.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 5th, 2012.
Rory McIlroy moved within one round of seizing the world number one ranking as he claimed a two-shot lead at the US PGA Tour’s Honda Classic. The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland, who can supplant England’s Luke Donald atop the rankings with a win, capped a four-under 66 on the par-70 course with a birdie from a bunker at the par-five 18th. McIlroy’s 54-hole total of 11-under 199 left him two strokes ahead of Americans Harris English and Tom Gillis. Meanwhile, former world number one Tiger Woods carded a one-under 69 and was nine off the pace.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 5th, 2012.