Andrew Murray
Former European Tour winner on 5 Live

Rory's one of the best drivers of the ball I've ever seen. But he'll be furious with himself. He was miles right.

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Rory McIlroy hits his drive on nine high, wide and not very handsome as his ball sails down the right and splashes down in the water.

He now has to take a drop before playing his third.

We've not seen much of Tommy Fleetwood over the past half hour or so but the Englishman is digging in at level par for his round.

He's just navigated through the 10th hole with another steady par and is at seven under. The leaders are not getting away from him.

He's not hit it again Will Zalatoris, who hits his 9ft 11in putt 9ft 7in to leave it about a roll short of dropping.

It seems not too much has changed with the American, who is still amazing with his irons but more than abit suspect on the greens.

Huge roar from the crowd around the seventh green as Akshay Bhatia stems the damage of his round with a really well-taken birdie putt to climb back to nine under par.

Putting from off the green, Min Woo Lee almost matches him only for his ball to come up short.

Important though after going three over in the past two holes.

Bob MacIntyre picks up another shot on a par-five hole, this time finding the green with his second on the long 16th and two-putting from 25 feet.

On to the treacherous par-three 17th and the island green for the Scot.

Par threes on the eighth, a long short hole if you know what I mean, for this pair who both find the green but have more two-putt par efforts rather than serious birdie chances.

Will Zalatoris is in position z on the back of the ninth green after going long with a wedge. He's really not got many options with a long, winding putt that goes up a big hill then races away down a cliff on the other side.

All he can do is get the pace just about right even though the ball wanders off eight feet wide of the hole. Work to do for par.

Scottie Scheffler winds up and gives it maximum effort with his drive on 12 as he looks to make the green on the short par four.

He's well wide though and from a tough spot in the trees he chunks out an escape that races across the green and plops into the water.

Momentum killer.

Gutsy from Min Woo Lee as he sinks a putt from 13-and-a-half feet to limit the damage on the sixth to just a bogey.

Back-to-back doubles would have probably ended his challenge.

Akshay Bhatia is scrambling too, out of the greenside sand, but he gets up and down for par.

These two are three shots back.

Shot of the day at 17 from Justin Thomas sees him stick it to five feet and he rolls that in for just the third birdie at the signature hole today.

That wide from Rory McIlroy off the seventh tee blocked him out under the trees, and the best he could do was a low runner into the left greenside bunker.

It's a small sand trap but an excellent escape to about three feet so he can save par, which is a result after that wayward drive.

A pearl of a tee shot from Collin Morikawa on the par-three eighth albeit his ball gets a healthy kick off the shoulder on its way to finishing six feet from the hole.

To his immense frustration though, he skates it by the side of the hole and remains three back.

Joint leader Alex Smalley navigates the second-hardest hole on the course in the same fashion. Par each.

Andrew Murray
Former European Tour winner on 5 Live

Rory is struggling with his driver. You can't miss too many fairways and shoot low scores round here.

Nice birdie for Scottie Scheffler on the 11th as he catches the front bunker when going for the green on the par five in two, lobs it out to 12 feet and then sinks the putt to move within four of the lead.

A spray from Min Woo Lee at the sixth tee goes way right and the 26 year old is being blown way off course at the moment.

It's a better outcome for Akshay Bhatia who at least finds the fairway with his tee shot.

Twenty five minutes later, the balls of Akshay Bhatia and Min Woo Lee finally make it into the cup.

It's a double bogey apiece.

Playing your way out of my report here lads!

Shot!

Alex Smalley has joined the group at -11 with a terrific bunker shot at seven that lands softly on the green and swirls round into the cup.

The 28-year-old is building a very nice round here - and playing partner Collin Morikawa follows him in with another bounceback birdie.

Good bounce back from Rory McIlroy who finds the fairway bunker off the tee but launches one from 150 yards out to about seven feet - and this time makes no mistake with the putter to drain the birdie.

These two are playing some wonderful approach shots - Lucas Glover leaves 22 feet for birdie on the seventh, but his curling effort just comes up short.

Will Zalatoris has a shorter one but more slippery coming down the hill, and he too doesn't give it enough gas as it tails off to the right with the last few rolls.

Neither of these will win style points for putting with their long flat sticks, but with the standard of their irons they won't have to make too much to make a score.