Rory McIlroy suffers Doral blues

Rory McIlroy was left with questions to answer after he slumped to a two over 74 to let the WGC-Cadillac Championship slip from his grasp last night.

The world No 3 looked to have the game under control as his new putting grip and his metronomic long game functioned in perfect unison as he raced to 12 under par for a three shot lead after 54 holes.

But as the wind blew in Miami, he hit just six fairways and nine greens as he finished tied for fourth with Danny Willett, two shots behind an extraordinarily resilient Adam Scott on 10 under par.