Rory McIlroy at Scottish Open 2014: Daily Scores and Leaderboard Updates

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Published: July 10, 2014

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Day 3

After Friday's disastrous second round, Rory McIlroy's hopes for winning the 2014 Scottish Open went out the window. Despite those second-round problems, the 25-year-old got back on track with a strong third round. 

McIlroy teed off early on Saturday and finished before most of the leaders got on the course, but was able to make a move up the board. He finished Friday in a tie for 36th, but following a three-under 68, the Irish star was tied for 16th when he walked off the 18th green. 



Here's a deeper look at McIlroy's third round performance, hole by hole:



Saturday has typically been a good day for McIlroy in 2014. He shot in the 60s during the third round of three straight PGA Tour events in May and revived that hot streak at the Scottish Open. 

In fact, Justin Ray of the Golf Channel noted just how much better McIlroy has been in every round that isn't the second this season and provided an interesting note about third rounds in particular:





There wasn't anything particularly special about McIlroy's performance on Saturday, other than how efficient he was with all his shots. 

The two-time Grand Slam champion started Saturday with a bogey on the first hole, but never let that snowball on him the way it did on Friday. He had three birdies on the front nine to make the turn at two-under par, then went for par on eight of nine holes with a birdie on 16 to finish at three-under. 

Consistency has not been McIlroy's friend this year, as those stats from Rose suggest, but when he's on, there aren't a lot of players better. Trying to hold momentum from one hole to the next, let alone round to round, has been problematic in 2014. 

Proving that point was McIlroy's performance on 13 the last two days. He made news on Thursday for hitting the green off the tee on the 436-...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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