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Rory McIlroy at Players Championship 2016: Saturday Leaderboard Score, Reaction
- Updated: May 14, 2016
The world’s No. 3 golfer, Rory McIlroy, crashed out of the running at The Players Championship after a disastrous back nine resulted in a three-over 75 for Saturday’s third round. He sits at five under overall for the tournament, which dropped him out of the top 10.
McIlroy went four over on his last nine holes of the day, which was only the second time in 15 rounds at TPC Sawgrass that he has shot over par on the back nine, according to the NBC telecast.
The course handed out a ton of low-scoring rounds throughout the first two days of the tournament. But Saturday was not the same, and McIlroy, like most of the field, suffered as his Saturday score fell short of his eight-under from Friday.
His day started well enough with a birdie on No. 1 as he sunk a 10-foot putt. But that was one of the only intricate greens that cooperated with McIlroy on Saturday.
He bogeyed No. 4 thanks to a three-putt, missing chances within 11 and three feet. His second putt, which was just two feet, …
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