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Rory McIlroy's six-shot lead at The Masters has evaporated, leaving him tied for the lead with Cameron Young after a poor performance on Saturday. His driving issues have raised major concerns heading into the final round.
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Rory McIlroy heads into the final round of The Masters tied for the lead with Cameron Young.
The six-shot lead McIlroy had at the halfway stage of The Masters is no more, and now six players are within four shots of the lead shared by himself and Young.
The 36-year-old Northern Irishman played really poorly on Saturday at Augusta National as his wayward driving finally caught up with him.
McIlroy faltered on day three of The Masters as he struggled to find any kind of rhythm at Augusta National.
After his third round, McIlroy immediately went to the driving range, searching for something before the final round.
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McIlroy spoke after day three at The Masters and insisted he would come out firing on Sunday.
However, Butch Harmon noticed something very worrying about the five-time major champion when he saw him working away on the driving range on Saturday night.
McIlroy was clearly struggling with his game throughout the third round at Augusta National.
He was fighting his swing all day and actually did well to post a score of 73 in the end.
However, there is a chance that things could get worse for the Northern Irishman on day four of The Masters.
Butch Harmon was a guest in the Sky Sports studio ahead of the final round on Sunday.
And he made a very concerning observation about McIlroy.
“If you go watch right here, you’ll see his frustration,“ Harmon said when watching a clip of McIlroy beating balls on the driving range.
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*“*Obviously, he was totally out of sync.
*“*For me, in watching him, especially with the driver, I thought the club was a little too far inside, going back, and it gets a little across the line, and when the club gets a little across the line, you’ve got to reroute it coming down.
*“*The club gets stuck behind you, your body gets out in front of you.
*“*The club face is open, and you can’t catch up.
“Now, I don’t know what he was working on here, but he was pretty frustrated out there watching it.“
Some golf analysts have urged McIlroy to take his driver out of play on Sunday and use his three-wood more often.
Harmon was asked whether McIlroy hitting a three-wood would be a case of him taking away his superpower.
“No I think in that case, when you’re out of sync like that, the consistent miss was to the right, we saw a whole bunch of them,“ Harmon said.
*“*Take the three wood. Turn it down a little, fire it maybe a little low out there.
*“*Do something that’s different than what you’ve been doing. Get the thing in play, right, because he’s long enough, he can knock it on the green from anywhere.
*“*It’s just, he was just completely out of sync at what he was doing.
*“*I’ve got to hand it to him that he’s still tied for the lead. Because, I mean, he couldn’t have been happy out there with the way he was playing.
*“*You could see his frustration. You know, he made a great birdie at 14. He kept trying to hang in there and hang in there. And you got to give it to him.
“He’s still up there, and I still think he’s got a great chance to win.“
Rory McIlroy lost his six-shot lead and is now tied for the lead with Cameron Young after a disappointing round.
Butch Harmon is concerned due to McIlroy's wayward driving, which significantly impacted his performance at Augusta National.
There are six players within four shots of the lead shared by Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young.
Rory McIlroy shot a 73 on Saturday at The Masters, contributing to his loss of the lead.

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