Garcia-McIlroy Pairing Looked Good on Paper April 7, 2012, 10:00 pm AUGUSTA, Ga. - The third-round pairing of Sergio García and Rory McIlroy, the once and current European prodigies, looked great on paper. Once they teed off, in the third-to-last group, it proved hard to watch. McIlroy, who held the lead after the third round last year, played the front nine in a six-over-par 42 on his way to a five-over 77 that left him at one-over for the tournament. García started only marginally better, going out in 40 en route to a 75 that left him at one-under. "Our bad holes were really bad and our good holes were bad," García said afterward, with McIlroy standing beside him, in a CBS interview. Each made his first birdie of the day on the par-3 12th, after which they embraced as if they were long-lost brothers. "I think we were both needing a hug," McIlroy said. We both didn't have our best stuff today.