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McIlroy squanders 'dream start' in PGA third round

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Aug 15, 2015; Sheboygan, WI, USA; Rory McIlroy lines up a putt on the 6th green during the third round …

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy failed to capitalise on "a dream start" to the third round of the PGA Championship as he faded from contention on Saturday.

The world number one posted his best score of the week, but a 68 for six-under-par 210 was not enough to keep pace with the leaders amid low scoring at Whistling Straits.

McIlroy mixed the stellar with some "patchy" golf in a round highlighted by a 65-foot eagle putt from the fringe at the par-five fifth.