SAN ANTONIO (AP) a Rory McIlory found the groove he was looking for when he made the last-minute decision to join up for the Texas Open. McIlroy matched the low round of the day with a par 67 on Friday and moved within three images of the lead, continuing his last-minute preparations for next week's Masters. The world's No. 2 player, who decided to play in the match late the other day, had seven birdies a including his final three holes a' and overcame a bogey on No. 9 after driving in to the rough and finding his left shin on a regional cactus. The misstep slipped McIlroy to 1 under, but he rebounded with critical putts on the final three holes for birdies and pulled well within reach of the leaders entering the weekend. The 23-year-old two-time main champion is three shots straight back of leader Billy Horschel, who birdied his last two holes to post his second straight 4-under 68. A group of three people a Daniel Summerhays, Charley Hoffman and Steven Bowditch a' are two pictures right back at 6 under, while McIlroy is tied with six others at 5 under. Thursday's co-leaders, Matt Bettencourt and Peter Tomasulo, each shot 1-over 73s and fell four pictures off the lead. Bettencourt went as little as 8 under in the surprisingly relaxed Texas weather on Friday morning before when the wind found ever-so slightly falling right back after a stretch of three bogeys in four pockets. Summerhays also reached as little as 7 under before falling straight back with a bogey on No. 9, however it was Horschel who separated himself with his late quantity. Horschel jumped from 60th to 24th on the cash list following a second-place finish finally week's Houston Open. He closed out Thursday's round with a, and he one-upped that on Friday a' ending with a couple of 11-foot birdie putts on No. 18 and 17 to vault in to first. Putts were needed 28 by him on Friday after taking only 25 a earlier, but Horschel struck 11 of 14 fairways after striking only seven a day earlier. Horschel has made the cut in every seven of the events this year he is joined, extending his tour-best streak to 21 made cuts in a row, but he's yet to gain a PGA Tour event. Today he looks a leaderboard full of earning experienced players behind him, including four players a McIlroy, Jim Furyk, Retief Goosen and Lee Janzen a' who have combined to gain eight majors. McIlroy could be the newest significant success of the pursuers, having won the PGA Championship last August. Nevertheless, he is fought for a lot of this year following an equipment change and recently lost his No. 1 standing to Padraig Harrington. McIlroy has only one top finish this year, and he decided late last week to add the San Antonio end to his routine to add competitive units prior to next week's starting main of the year. It's a move that appeared doubtful after an even-par 72 on Thursday, however not anymore after Friday's score binge. McIlroy still had fits together with his driving, hitting only 9 of 14 fairways, but he made long birdie putts on each of his final three holes a including a 26-foot strike on the par-3 16th. He narrowly missed a eagle putt in front of a racing gallery on the 18th after achieving the 5 in two photographs.
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