Rory McIlroy secured a 1UP victory over Zach Johnson to move within three matches of successfully defending his WGC Dell Matchplay title.

Having narrowly beaten Kevin Na yesterday, McIlroy was forced to produced some of his finest golf and following his 68 foot putt yesterday, conjured this magical tee shot on from the 11th: 

Looks like Rory McIlroy made the right club choice. #QuickHits https://t.co/ARAavuxqD1

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Birdies at the 13th and the 15th were enough to help the Northern Irishman edge ahead and held his nerve on the last to secure the victory.

The Northern Irishman will face American Chris Kirk in the quarter-finals.

UPDATED:

Rory McIlroy quickly gets to 1up against Chris Kirk. #QuickHits https://t.co/VqKpuINlly

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