
AUGUSTA — Rory McIlroy raced to the top of the leaderboard through the first nine holes on Saturday, becoming the first player in Masters history to make a score of 3 on each of the opening six holes.
McIlroy went birdie-eagle-birdie-par-birdie-par before finally make a par at the 7th hole. He was 5 under through the first five holes to move from two back of second-round leader Justin Rose to three in front.