Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry surge into contention with third-round 65s | Golf News

Rory McIlroy overcame a six-shot deficit and atrocious weather to surge into contention for the Pebble Beach Pro-Am title.

McIlroy made a blistering start to his third round with four birdies on the front nine, before gains at the 15th, 16th and par-five 18th left him seven under for the day and -15 for the week.

Shane Lowry (-15) matched McIlroy’s 65 on Saturday, with an eagle at the second setting the tone as he made his way up the leaderboard.

“I felt like the weather switched on six for us,” said McIlroy. “I said to Harry (Diamond) literally let’s just try and chip the ball around today. I feel like I didn’t really make a full swing after that.

“It got really squally on seven, eight, nine, 10 for us so to play those holes on even par was huge. Then it started to settle and was a little more sheltered on that back nine.

“It was nice to pick up a few birdies on the way in.”

Round two leader Sepp Straka (-16) rescued his third round with four birdies in his final five holes to hold a one-shot lead going into the final day.

Justin Rose (-14) enjoyed another strong round with four-under 68 putting him one shot behind McIlroy and Lowry to set up a blockbuster final round.

Scottie Scheffler finished 10 under with a third-round 69 as he continues his comeback after a hand injury sustained while cooking last month.

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