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His 60 beat by two the tournament record held by four players, and by one shot it beat the course record held by Hurly Long of Germany when he played the Carmel Cup in 2017 with Texas Tech.

As New Zealand's Ryan Fox, Scotland's Grant Forrest and Australia's Min Woo Lee were among the players to falter over the closing nine, Germany's Hurly Long was left as the last challenger despite his successive bogeys on 13 and 14.

McIlroy finished off a 6-under 66 with a short birdie putt on the 18th to push into third place, two shots behind leader Hurly Long of Germany.

That moved him to 11 under, two shots behind Germany's Hurly Long.

The final group of Hurly Long, Seungsu Han and Marco Penge start at 16:16.