RORY MCILROY KNOWS he will need his Sunday best to close the gap on Justin Thomas and win the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
McIlroy made a 16-foot birdie on the 17th last night to finish in a share of second place on 11-under par, three shots behind Thomas.
The pair will tee off in the final group at Firestone Country Club this evening (7pm Irish time) chasing the $1.7 million first prize.
McIlroy has six top-five finishes this year but only one win — at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March — and is determined to get back to the top.
“I finished second way too many times this year—and third, whatever,” he told PGATour.com.
“I’ll need a good round, I’m still a few behind, but yeah, I’m getting a little sick of the second places.”
Ian Poulter shares second place with McIlroy after a level-par round of 70 on Saturday while Aussie duo Jason Day (-10) and Marc Leishman (-9) are also in contention.
At the Barracuda Championship in Reno, Shane Lowry sits in fourth place on 30 points, eight points behind leader Andrew Putnam.
The Barracuda is scored on a modified stableford format with eight points for an albatross, five for an eagle, two for a birdie, zero for a par, -1 for a bogey and -3 for a double bogey or higher.
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