'Jordan and Rory' show fails to deliver at the Masters

By Mark Lamport-Stokes AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - The "Jordan and Rory" show was the hottest ticket at the Masters on Saturday with the defending champion and a four-times major winner paired together for the third round but it failed to live up to its billing. American world number two Jordan Spieth largely fulfilled his side of the bargain as he retained a one-shot lead in the year's opening major but Rory McIlroy struggled to find any spark on a brutal day for scoring in strong gusting winds. Watched by huge galleries at Augusta National, Spieth and third-ranked Northern Irishman McIlroy generated plenty of buzz when they teed off but, by the time they finished in the Georgian twilight, there was a palpable sense of anti-climax.

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