Rory roars off the grid in pursuit of Love

Davis Love hailed Rory McIlroy as a talent as prodigious as Tiger Woods as the Holywood hotshot roared off the grid with a four under 66 in the Honda Classic.

As Pádraig Harrington mounted a late comeback to card an even par 70 to keep alive his chances of qualifying for next week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship, McIlroy was in an eight-man tie for second place, just two shots behind Love.

After firing a hole-in-one, five birdies and just one bogey in a course-record equalling 64, Love confessed America is waiting to see which of its young guns will step up and act as the anti-McIlroy at September’s Ryder Cup.