Rory McIlroy faces big fight dash

The most pressure Rory McIlroy faces all week could be the quarter-finals of the Match Play Championship in San Francisco.

The quarter-final matches — if the world’s No. 1 player advances that far — are expected to end as late as 7.30pm local Pacific Daylight Time on Saturday night.

That would be an hour before Manny Pacquiao fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas.