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Tacoma (United States) (AFP) - Rory McIlroy was left regretting a cold putter as his hopes of a second US Open win came up agonisingly short at Chambers Bay.
The world number one started the day eight shots adrift of the leading quartet and seemingly out of the championship picture.
But in a superb display of shot-making, the 26-year-old Northern Irishman rattled in six birdies in 13 holes, the last of which was a monster 70-foot putt.