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McIlroy will have Manassero for company in the final round after the Italian mixed three birdies and four bogeys in a 70. <\/p>\n
Manassero, who ended an 11-year wait for a DP World Tour win earlier this year in South Africa, had three bogeys in a five-hole stretch on his front nine, and while he birdied the par-five 12th, he let another shot slip after finding the gorse with his drive on the 17th. <\/p>\n
Still a factor is MacIntyre, who thrives in blustery conditions and has already won twice on the PGA Tour this year. <\/p>\n
The 28-year-old Scot was four-over through seven holes of his second round before turning things around in spectacular fashion with a run of five straight birdies to move to one-under at the halfway mark. <\/p>\n
And by improving his score by two on Saturday, he will be fancied to make a move on Sunday and tear up the script for McIlroy as he bids to become the first player to win the Scottish and Irish Opens in the same season. <\/p>\n
“I thought it was brilliant from kind of start to finish there,” said MacIntyre, who was pipped to the 2023 Scottish Open title by McIlroy. <\/p>\n
“It was absolutely brutal. Even downwind, you think you’re going to get a bit of respite but it’s so hard to control the golf ball. It feels like there’s a disaster around the corner at any moment.”<\/p>\n
Hojgaard remains a factor, too, the Dane’s cause aided by three successive birdies to start his back nine as he joined the group on three-under alongside MacIntyre, England’s Jordan Smith (69) and South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen (71). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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