SCOTTIE'S GONE CLEAR SO I'LL GO NUCLEAR

RORY OPPEN FOR BEST AT THE OPEN

- BY MICHAEL SCULLY

RORY MCILROY admits he will need to go nuclear in his final round in The Open to challenge the 'inevitable' Scottie Scheffler for the Claret Jug.

Mcllroy fired a third round 66 - his lowest weekend round at a major - in Portrush to move to 8-under for the championship and into joint fourth place.

But halfway leader Scheffler was unflappable again, reeling off a cool 4-under par 67 to take a four-shot lead over nearest chaser Haotong Li into the final round, with Mcllroy six behind.

The Holywood star will finish watching Oppenheimer to get him in the mood after starting to watch the movie starring Cillian Murphy on Friday night.