Rory McIlroy Makes His Masters Move With Stunning Chip In Eagle

Rory McIlroy Makes His Masters Move With Stunning Chip In Eagle
21:20, 07 Apr 2018

Round three of the Masters is known as 'Moving Day' and Rory McIlroy has got his move on, thanks to an audacious eagle on the par-five 8th hole.

Unable to hit the green in two, the Northern Irishman short-sides himself pin high on the right of the green. What happens next is that little bit of genius a player needs here at Augusta if he's going to walk away with the Green Jacket on Sunday night.

A perfect chip into the fringe of the green, the ball rattles the flag and drops for an eagle three, catapulting McIlroy to the top of the leaderboard on nine under par alongside American Patrick Reed.

Rory's chip in is the latest in a run of hole-outs we've seen on the front nine on Sunday. John Rahm lobbed in for an eagle on the same hole whilst Henrik Stenson holed a long bunker shot to make eagle on the 7th.

It really is a high quality leaderboard, with Dustin Johnson (-5), Justin Thomas (-5) and Jordan Spieth (-4) not out of it and then you also have the likes of Henrik Stenson (-6) and Rickie Fowler (-7) also both in the hunt.

With the leaders reaching the turn there is sure to be more moves on the back nine with two reachable par fives and tough holes like 11 and 18.

You can keep abreast of all the latest moves via our commentary service and our live Masters Leaderboard.

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