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Rory McIlroy carded a three under par round at the Wells Fargo Championship on Thursday to share sixth place and remain three strokes behind the leader, Angel Cabrera, at Quail Hollow.
The two-time major winner, who turns 25 on Sunday, is working off memories past on a course where he struck his first US win in 2010 with only aspirations for the top spot in the world rankings.
In 2014 he seeking to break his close to year duck on the US Tour and return to the world top ten.
With Angel Cabrera in the clubhouse McIlroy would have hoped to put pressure on the Argentine but came unstuck after the turn with back-to-back bogeys on the 3rd and 4th. However, he bounced straight back to pick up shots at the next two holes to finish within three shots of the lead and claim, as things stand, a share of fourth place.
Darren Clarke signed for a round of 76 that sees his poor streak continue since taking up his PGA Tour card.
“It’s not nice to drop out,” McIlroy admitted. “Over three years in the top 10, you sort of get comfortable there. Hopefully, I can get myself back up into the sort of territory I have been at the last few years.”
“I missed 15 putts inside 8 feet the week of the Masters,” McIlroy continued. “I’ve worked on a few things since the Masters, and that’s the part of the game that I’m trying to improve a little bit more.”
Padraig Harrington was level through seven holes in the afternoon group, trading a birdie and a bogey.
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