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Golf: McIlroy in charge at Masters as Woods fades

Rory McIlroy survived multiple assaults on his Masters lead in Saturday's third round to emerge four strokes clear of the field.

That put him in pole position to become the first Irishman to win the Masters, the first European since Jose Maria Olazabal in 1999 and, at 21 years and 11 months, the second-youngest winner behind only Tiger Woods in 1997.

The Ulsterman battled hard all day for a two-under 70 that put him at 12-under par, four strokes clear of a international quartet consisting of Jason Day, Angel Cabrera, Charl Schwartzel and K.J. Choi.

A stroke further back on five-under came Adam Scott and Luke Donald with Bo Van Pelt the leading Americans at six-under.

"It feels good. It's a great position to be in," McIlroy said.

"I stayed really patient out there today, I feel comfortable with my game and with the way I prepared and finally I feel comfortable on this golf course,
SCORE
204 - Rory McIlroy (NIR) 65-69-70
208 - Angel Cabrera (ARG) 71-70-67, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 69-71-68, K.J. Choi (KOR) 67-70-71, Jason Day (AUS) 72-64-72
209 - Adam Scott (AUS) 72-70-67, Luke Donald (ENG) 72-68-69
210 - Bo Van Pelt (USA) 73-69-68

211 - Bubba Watson (USA) 73-71-67, Ross Fisher (ENG) 69-71-71, Fred Couples (USA) 71-68-72, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 69-69-73, Tiger Woods (USA) 71-66-74
212 - Martin Laird (SCO) 74-69-69, Matt Kuchar (USA) 68-75-69, Ryan Palmer (USA) 71-72-69, Yang Yong-Eun (KOR) 67-72-73
213 - Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 72-73-68, Edoardo Molinari (ITA) 74-70-69, Phil Mickelson (USA) 70-72-71, Steve Stricker (USA) 72-70-71, Lee Westwood (ENG) 72-67-74, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 65-73-75
214 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 71-73-70, Ian Poulter (ENG) 74-69-71, David Toms (USA) 72-69-73, Brandt Snedeker (USA) 69-71-74, Jim Furyk (USA) 72-68-74, Ricky Barnes (USA) 68-71-75

215 - Justin Rose (GBR) 73-71-71, Ryan Moore (USA) 70-73-72, Charley Hoffman (USA) 74-69-72, Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) 71-71-73, Dustin Johnson (USA) 74-68-73, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 69-73-73, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 69-71-75, Rickie Fowler (USA) 70-69-76
216 - Robert Karlsson (SWE) 72-70-74, Gary Woodland (USA) 69-73-74
217 - Jeff Overton (USA) 73-72-72, Steve Marino (USA) 74-71-72
218 - Camilo Villegas (COL) 70-75-73, Bill Haas (USA) 74-70-74, Alexander Cejka (GER) 72-71-75, Paul Casey (ENG) 70-72-76
219 - Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 75-70-74, Nick Watney (USA) 72-72-75
221 - Ernie Els (RSA) 76-70-76
223 - Kim Kyung-Tae (KOR) 70-75-78

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