Rory McIlroy one shot off the lead at the Players Championship

McIlroy climbed within a shot of the lead shared by Lucas Glover, J.J. Spaun and Camilo Villegas, who all fired six-under 66s.

ONE SHOT OFF LEAD: Rory McIlroy shot a five-under 67 doing just that and sits just one shot out of the lead in the Players Championship. Pic: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Hitting four fairways is hardly the recipe for success at TPC Sawgrass, but Rory McIlroy shot a five-under 67 doing just that and sits just one shot out of the lead in the Players Championship.

“I certainly didn’t drive it the way I wanted to; didn’t hit it in as many fairways as I would have liked,” said McIlory, who missed 10 fairways trying to hit a cut shot off the tees but scrambled well with only two bogeys. “But any time I did miss a fairway I had a gap or shot or could do something with it. I’m not going to be able to ride my luck like that the rest of the week so I’m going to hit some balls and try to figure it out.”