Italian takes three-shot lead with three birdies to finishMcIlroy, in second, lauds leader’s ‘amazing’ return to top
Were he not trying to scratch an itch of his own, Rory McIlroy would be rooting for Matteo Manassero on the final day here. In the 11 years since Manassero prevailed at the PGA Championship, he has endured a slump that took him to 1,805th in the world and mini tours.
Once a teenage superstar and, at the time the youngest player to make a Masters cut, he suffered the steepest of declines after a ruinous bid to add more length to his armoury.
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