PGA Tour: Rory McIlroy six shots off lead at halfw...

Rory McIlroy insists he’s nonetheless in competition after reaching the midway mark
of the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am six pictures off the lead.

A birdie on the final took the defending champion to nine-under-par after a second spherical 67 at Pebble Seaside, trailing second-round leaders Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune.

American duo Rickie Fowler and Sam Burns are a stroke off the lead, two away from a bunch which incorporates Austria’s Sepp Straka.

Matt Fitzpatrick is in a big group on 10-under-par with fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood amongst these stage with McIlroy.

McIlroy made a robust begin, eagling the second and including two extra birdies, earlier than dropping pictures both aspect of one other pair of birdies after the flip.

“I really feel like I wasted a number of pictures on the market or not less than simply wasn’t environment friendly with my scoring and did not capitalise on my good begin the final couple of days,” he mentioned.

“I performed fairly good however with the climate coming in on Sunday, [Saturday’s] going to be a very vital day to get your self in place.

“Sunday appears prefer it might be fairly messy and a number of issues might occur, so the nearer you’re to the lead Sunday the higher. Even when I’m a number of behind going into Sunday, everybody could have an opportunity given these circumstances.”

Bhatia carded an eagle and 6 birdies in an eight-under-par spherical of 64 at Spyglass Hill to maneuver alongside in a single day chief Hisatsune at 15-under-par.

World No 1 Scottie Scheffler picked up 5 pictures in his final seven holes to maneuver to six-under-par.

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