Rory McIlroy at Shell Houston Open 2014: Daily Scores and Leaderboard Updates

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Published: April 3, 2014

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Rory McIlroy has gotten off to a strong start to the season, but he is still looking for his first tournament win since 2012. The 2014 Shell Houston Open gives him a strong chance as a final tune-up before the Masters.

The former No. 1 player in the world has not competed in almost a month since the WGC-Cadillac Championship, where he tied for 25th. Amazingly, this was his worst finish of the year with three other top-10 finishes in three stroke-play tournaments.    

Still, he has a long way to go to get back to the level that he was at a few years ago. The good news is that he has high goals, while attempting to be the most dominant player in the world. McIlroy told reporters during his press conference:

It's almost like golf is waiting for someone to stamp their authority on the game and be that dominant player. [...]

You know, me personally as a fan of golf, it would be nice to see someone sort of break away. I hope it's me as a fan of golf and fan of myself that I can do that.

This all starts with winning tournaments, something the talented player hopes to do as soon as this week in Texas.

 

Day 3



Unlike the two days prior, consistency was not an issue for McIlroy on Saturdy. Simply making something—anything—of note happen was.

Two bogeys and four birdies later, McIlroy's Round 3 scorecard looked pretty similar to that of the previous two days:



Things looked better for McIlroy through the first nine. He birdied on the third hole, bogeyed on the sixth and then tallied another birdie on the eighth hole via a solid 31-foot putt:



Things collapsed shortly thereafter, as he bogeyed three of the holes on the back nine to put him well out of first place after a lackluster 74:



McIlroy seems nonchalant about his performance thus far w...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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