Rory McIlroy shoots 73, tied for lead entering Masters final round
Rory McIlroy shoots 73 in Round 3, slipping into a tie for the lead after a rollercoaster day at Augusta.
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Your thoughts on what seemed to be a more challenging day out there?
Yeah, didn't quite have it today.
yeah, even just starting at the first hole with that soft bogey, even I-- even though I had a, a pretty good drive, Yeah, I mean, the course was obviously gettable.
There was a lot of, there was a lot of good scores out there, and obviously the, the quality of the chasing pack, is obvious.
You know, there was a lot of guys that, that, that shot good scores and, you know, there's a lot of guys in with a chance tomorrow.
I, you know, I'm still tied for the best score going into tomorrow, so I can't forget that.
But I, I do know I'm gonna have to be better, if I wanna have a chance to win.
How are you feeling- Did, did you always- ...handling the adversity?
Did, did, did, did you always think it was gonna not be as straightforward as it was over the days?
Yeah, of course.
Like it's, there's a long way to go.
yeah, and this, yeah, this golf course has a way of, you know, when you're not quite feeling it, you know, you, you struggle and you have to dig deep, and I felt like I did that on the front nine and made a lot of good par saves.
missed a couple of chances on the ninth, but then I thought, you know, I thought I turned it around, around with the birdie on ten.
And then I felt like I had a pretty good second shot on eleven.
It just drifted on the wind a little bit and went in the water and, you know, those two holes weren't great.
But again, I felt like I bounced back pretty well with the birdies on fourteen and fifteen.
It would've been nice to, you know, play those last few holes and, and not make that bogey on seventeen.
But, you know, I still have a great chance.
I'm in the final group and, you know, I just need to go to the range and try to, try to figure it out a little bit.
Is this-
