Day three digest: WGC HSBC Champions

Everything you need to know from day three at Sheshan International Golf Club.

Rory roared into the lead, King Louis got off to a flier and there was some putting perfection on day three at Sheshan International Golf Club.

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McIlroy on a WGC hat-trick

Rory McIlroy will take a one shot lead into the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions as he chases history in China. A win would see him join just Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson in having won three of the four WGC titles and also bring him a first European Tour victory since 2016. "I've given myself another opportunity to win a very big golf tournament, a tournament that I've never won before," he said. "So I want to go out there and be committed, play aggressively and shoot a good number."

King Louis makes birdie blitz

Birdie-birdie-birdie-birdie-birdie. It's the sort of start we all dream of but even the professionals do it very rarely. In 2015 Daniel Berger achieved the feat in round four and on Saturday Louis Oosthuizen became the second player to do it at this event. Berger finished in a tie for 11th four years ago but Oosthuizen will be aiming higher than that from just one off the lead. "Winning a World event will be a big achievement and I need to just go out and play some good golf," he said.

Waring enjoying the big stage

Paul Waring has been a popular and consistent figure on the European Tour for over a decade but with injuries sometimes slowing his progress, the Englishman was making his World Golf Championships debut this week. After an opening 73, he hit back with a 65 and on day three he produced this. What a week he is having and it could yet get better. "I'm going up against the world's best," he said. "Everything that happens tomorrow, it's meant to happen for a reason half the time. If it's my time, it's my time. If not, it's not. It's one of those things."

Putting perfection

When Matthew Fitzpatrick made this, we didn't think we'd see a longer putt on Saturday.

Enter Christiaan Bezuidenhout.

Just wow. Well played, gents.