Rory McIlroy made his mark on the front nine of his third round of the US Open with three successive birdies – including a remarkable 66-foot putt from off the green – to gain some much-needed momentum.
Shinnecock Hills was playing its most difficult of the week in a testing wind – one gust of 40mph was recorded in the morning – with rapidly-drying putting surfaces, but the Northern Irishman recovered from an early bogey by picking up three shots in a row.
