Rory McIlroy charged back late after squandering a six-stroke edge to share the lead with Cameron Young after a wild third round at the Masters on Saturday.A chaotic afternoon at Augusta National saw both men plunk key shots into water on the back nine but finish level atop the leaderboard on 11-under 205 through 54 holes, one stroke ahead of American Sam Burns.McIlroy, who started the day with a record six-shot lead, carded a one-over-par 73 while Young roared into contention with a scintillating seven-under-par 65
“I didn’t have it today,” McIlroy admitted. “I scrambled a lot on the front nine.”Second-ranked McIlroy birdied the 14th and 15th holes to regain the lead but found the trees off the 17th tee on the way to a bogey and his one-over round.
“This golf course has a way of, when you’re not quite feeling it, you struggle,” McIlroy said. “You have to dig deep.
“I still have a great chance,” McIlroy added. “I’m in the final group. That’s where I want to be.
“I need to be better tomorrow. If I’m going to win tomorrow I have to be better than I was today.”
McIlroy, a five-time major winner, hopes to match Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo as the only back-to-back winners of the green jacket.
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