Rory McIlroy’s Players Championship struggles continue in third roundBy Carl Markham, Press AssociationRory McIlroy continued to struggle as his slim hopes of a Players Championship defence slipped away after a scrappy level-par round left him in the bottom half of the field. But while the Northern Irishman, who will defend his Masters title next month, was stuck on one over, his Ryder Cup team-mates were flourishing. Still on their front nine, Justin Rose, Matt Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Sepp Straka and Tommy Fleetwood were all inside the top 14. He rejected the suggestion that the work he had been doing on the range had produced a fix for his erratic driving. I think that would imply that I was lost, which is not the case,” he said.

Source: Irish Independent March 15, 2026 02:49 UTC