How the drama unfolded

3.55pm

First significant movements as Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele drop shots at the fifth and Tiger Woods birdies six to close to within a stroke.

4.07pm

Woods, playing with Francesco Molinari who is accumulating pars, extricates himself from a bunker at the eighth with a brilliant wedge shot to four feet.

4.24pm

Double bogey for Spieth after he finds the gallery and then the gorse on No 6. Schauffele misses huge par-saver and Woods shares the lead at -7.

4.34pm

Schauffele copies Spieth with a double bogey at the seventh after zig-zagging down the fairway. Woods, at the turn, is all alone in front for the first time.

4.57pm

Justin Rose rattles the flagstick at 14 and gets an eagle to move to -5. Birdies for two Kevins, Kisner and Chappell, at the 10th propel them to -6 .

4.58pm

Woods’s club is caught in the grass at the 11th, his ball hits a spectator and he double-bogeys to fall to -5, one shot behind a four-way tie for the lead.

5.18pm

Mcilroy joins a six-way tie on -6 with a sensational eagle at the 14th, judging the pace and the break perfectly to roll the 45-footer into the cup.

5.41pm

Molinari, who has made 13 pars, birdies the 14th with none of the drama of Woods’ astonishing par-saving putt. The Italian takes the overall lead at -7.

5.43pm

Rose is 3ft from an eagle at 18 after a stunning pitch and rolls in the birdie putt to take the clubhouse lead at -6, one behind Molinari who has four to play.

5.58pm

Many a slip ... Schauffele buckles at the knees when his 20ft eagle putt at 14 kisses the lip and horseshoes out. The tap-in birdie earns a share of the lead.

6.35pm

Schauffele slides his birdie putt at 16 to the right and Molinari hits a wedge to 18 that allows him to sink a five-footer for birdie and the clubhouse lead.

6.41pm

Schauffele’s slice at 17 effectively ends his hopes. He arcs a superb recovery wedge but drops a shot. He needs to eagle 18 to take it to a play-off but can’t make it.