By Mark Lamport-Stokes
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy carded his best score of the week at the U.S. Open on Saturday, but was disappointed with a level-par 70 that he felt should have been at least five strokes better.
The world number one picked up two shots on the front nine, including a 25-footer on the second hole, but squandered several opportunities after the turn as he ran up two bogeys for a four-over total of 214 after three rounds.
"It took a while to hole one (a putt) there," McIlroy told reporters after celebrating a 10-foot par putt on the 18th green at a firm and fast-running Chambers Bay.