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.

Thu, 30 Apr, 2015 - 01:00

Peter Williamson

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.

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