McIlroy has a good lie in the sand, splashing out to about seven foot short. Can he hold his nerve? Yep. A sandy par keeps him three adrift of leader Patrick Reed.

Patrick Reed always approaches his putt like he's going to take it one handed, the other limb left resting on his thigh.

The American pulls it back to grasp his putter and curls an effort in towards the flag from way out, looking slightly surprised when it doesn't drop.

He taps in for par to stay at 12 under. It means nobody birdied the 11th at all today!

On to the 12th... McIlroy's honour... in the sand trap separating the green from Rae's Creek. "It would have been good if it was further left," he tells his caddie.

Henrik Stenson glares at his ball as flies towards the pin and over it. On the green though...

That's bold from Jon Rahm, but his bravery pays off as the Spaniard birdies the par-three 16th.

Rahm left his tee shot on the edge of the green, four yards from the cup, but then drilled it in with confidence to go seven under.

Nobody has drained a birdie on the 11th today... but now Rory McIlroy has a good opportunity to become the first. The four-time major winner is 23 feet away, from 7 o'clock on the green, uphill with a right to left swing. Rory likes it... knees start bending, putter starts raising skywards... then the ball whips away viciously at the death. McIlroy drops to his knees in disbelief.

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1993 PGA Championship winner from Augusta

That's too bad for Fleetwood to end like that after the run he had.

Tommy Fleetwood just needs to take a moment here and compose himself.

After a five-birdie streak on the back nine, the Southport golfer misses his par putt at the 18th and faces a tricky bogey putt.

Is that dropping...? Just. Fleetwood signs for a superb 66.

Watch out, Bubba's about. Watson tickles in a close-range putt at 14 to make birdie and move to five under par.

It's been a turbulent scorecard for the two-time Masters champion, carding six birdies but also littering it with bogeys.

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Rickie Fowler's putter is more accurate than a top-of-the-range sat nav. He sinks his par putt on the 13th - that's his third on the bounce on Augusta's statistically easiest hole - to stay level with Tommy Fleetwood in tied third.

Jordan Spieth on 12... you don't need reminding what happened here a couple of years ago. No such danger today. His ball lands on the dancefloor, stopping almost dead and leaving him with a 12-foot birdie putt.

Then he watches playing pal Dustin Johnson, fresh from that double on 11, knock his ball inside.

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Up next for leader Patrick Reed, the 11th... so what can he expect?

Seeing the sign pointing towards Amen Corner can strike fear into the minds of even the world's best golfers.

And this is where it starts. A long par-four where wind is often a factor.

The tee shot plays downhill and left to right. A pond guards the green to the left and a bunker is strategically placed right centre.

That's costly for Dustin Johnson, who takes four strokes to reach the 11th green and then two putts for a double bogey that surely drops him out of contention.

A grimace on the well-groomed face of the world number one.

Fowler drops in front of the tributary after knocking his second on 13 into the water, then shows a gentle touch to leave him with a sinkable par putt.

Patrick Reed strokes his chin, kneels a few yards behind his ball and then approaches it purposefully, before rolling a putt towards the cup.

It starts right, breaks left and looks pretty good... it's perfect. A little fist pump from the American as he goes three shots clear.

A third birdie on the bounce.

Rickie Fowler hasn't dropped a shot all day. Is that about to change on 13? It has been the easiest hole on the course this week, but the world number eight has just splashed his second shot into the water.

What's Dustin Johnson up to? The world number one has made hard work of the 11th, taking a penalty drop after losing his tee shot in the woodland.

He faces a 13-foot bogey putt.

Tommy Fleetwood's birdie streak comes to an end at 17. But only just, a 14-foot putt trickles by and the Englishman settles for par.

It was five in a row for Fleetwood from 12. He's right in the mix.