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Bad enough that the 19-year-old from Northern Ireland dropped five shots in two holes, four-putting the short 16th and taking a triple bogey seven on the last but then he was the subject of a rules investigation that extended into the night and might lead to his disqualification.

Bunkered in two on the last he left his attempted recovery in the sand and it looked from television coverage that he had kicked the sand before playing again. If he had it would breach the rules and because he had signed his scorecard the punishment would be the harshest of all for not adding the penalty.

The fastest rising star of European star had climbed from 39th place to sixth with a superb run that included a 10-foot eagle putt on the 13th, but that was not how he would remember the day sadly. On the 16th his long-range birdie try up the ridge ran eight feet past and by taking three more from there he tumbled off the leaderboard.

When the seven followed he was right down on the cut mark of one over - suddenly 10 adrift of Americans Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry, who led by one from Argentina's Angel Cabrera.

At the time it left triple-chasing Padraig Harrington as the leading European after an eagle on the 13th put the Open and US PGA champion three under and joint 10th.

However, he was then also involved in a rules discussion when his ball was blown by the wind on the 15th green. Because he had addressed it previously a one-shot penalty was imposed and instead of putting for birdie the putt he then sank was for par.

Harrington then bogeyed the 17th and when his birdie putt at the last horseshoed out he was round in 73 for two under alongside Tiger Woods, who had bogeyed the 18th for the second day running and signed for a 72.

Spaniard Sergio Garcia leads the European contingent going into the concluding 36 holes as a result. A 67 in the last group of the day, completed with a birdie, put the world number three joint sixth.

Swede Henrik Stenson (70) and world number two Phil Mickelson (68) were tied for 11th on three under.