McIlroy shared the lead at various points at TPC Sawgrass but will instead head into the weekend just the pace

Few have the experience of playing the Stadium Course as McIlroy and certainly not three of the players directly ahead of him on the leaderboard.

Min Woo Lee and Akshay Bhatia share the lead on 11 under and JJ Spaun sits third; Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa both tied-fourth; Justin Thomas equals TPC Sawgrass course record with stunning 62; w