Billy Horschel was unconscious with his putter on Saturday at the 2024 BMW PGA Championship, making 130 feet of putts during a stretch of seven straight birdies at the Wentworth Club in England. After a bogey on the par-4 seventh,

McIlroy shot 66 after getting up and down for par at No. 18 after hitting into water off his second shot. The No. 3-ranked Northern Irishman, who won the event in 2014, was tied for second place with 2021 champion Billy Horschel, whose round of 65 included a run of seven straight birdies -- featuring holed putts totaling 130 feet -- from No. 8.

Rory McIlroy and Billy Horschel fed off each other beautifully at Wentworth but still trail Matteo Manassero by three.