Updated 22.30pm
RORY MCILROY’S SCINTILLATING form continued on Saturday as he set a new course record at Quail Hollow to storm into a four shot lead at the Wells Fargo Championship.
The world number one sat three shots behind overnight leader Webb Simpson at the half-way point but surged into the lead with an incredible round of 61 which contained a record eleven birdies.
The previous record of 10-under 62 was set by McIlroy in 2010 and matched by Brendon De Jonge just last year.
“I feel like the best player in the world and I wanted to go out there and prove that,” said McIlroy.
With almost $1.3 million on offer to the winner, a win for McIlroy would take his prize money total past the $3 million mark THIS MONTH.
He started the May bonanza by winning the WGC-Cadillac Matchplay Championship and then followed up that payday by finishing eighth at The Players Championship last week.
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