Fitzpatrick shares lead at fog-disrupted Scottish Open

Genesis Scottish Open third round (finishers only)

-10 J Keefer (US); -9 R Neergaard-Petersen (Den); -8 M Armitage (Eng), M Meissner (US); -7 A Del Rey (Spa), T Fleetwood (Eng), T Hatton (Eng), SW Kim (Kor)

Selected others: -5 J Thomas (US), C Hill (Sco), JJ Spaun (US); -4 J Rahm (Spa); -3 V Hovland (Den)

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Matt Fitzpatrick moved into a share of the lead as out-of-sorts Rory McIlroy struggled in an unfinished third round at the Genesis Scottish Open where fog caused havoc.

Play was initially suspended at 10:45 BST on Saturday for almost two and a half hours, meaning the leading groups did not begin until after 18:00.

But a thick haar rolled back in at the Renaissance Club in East Lothian and the action was halted for a second time at 19:55 with 22 players still out on the course.

Among those still on the front nine were Fitzpatrick and McIlroy, who were paired together in the penultimate group but experienced vastly contrasting fortunes.

Fitzpatrick made an excellent start with four birdies in seven holes lifting him to 12 under par.

A bogey immediately followed on eight, which proved the Englishman's final hole of the day, meaning he is tied overnight on 11 under with Michael Thorbjornsen.

With play scheduled to resume at 07:00 BST on Sunday, the clubhouse target was set by American Johnny Keefer at 10 under after he compiled a third-round 64.

Defending champion Chris Gotterup, US Open winner Wyndham Clark and England's Jordan Smith were among the players yet to complete 54 holes on 10 under, with Scotland's Bob MacIntyre one further back.

Even before the horn sounded amid increasingly poor visibility in the evening, alarm bells had been ringing for McIlroy.

The world number two shared the lead following the opening two rounds, but that form deserted him on Saturday when he got under way after a long wait.

Three bogeys in his eight completed holes left him on six under, five shots adrift of Fitzpatrick.

McIlroy's troubles began with a three-putt bogey on the third. A chunked iron off the tee on the par-three fifth ended well short of the green and led to another squandered shot.

More strife was to come on the par-five seventh, which he had birdied in each of the opening two days but this time bogeyed after missing from inside a foot.

Clubhouse leader Keefer, meanwhile, is happy to "go with the flow" in pursuit of a first PGA Tour win.

"Just the theme of links golf is being creative and being flexible, and understanding that things that are usually going to happen sometimes don't," said the 25-year-old.

"And whether that's a good shot or whether that's just the weather, I think I had the mindset this week that anything can change."