Rory McIlroy sticking to the plan in Major mission

Rory McIlroy will not be changing his gameplan as he goes in search of a second U.S. Open title at The Los Angeles Country Club.

The Northern Irishman won his first Major Championship at this event 11 years ago and while he has won three more since - along with virtually every other big prize the game has to offer - he last lifted one of golf's four most precious prizes in 2014.

He has been a picture of consistency in California, carding rounds of 65-67-69 as the North Course has got gradually tougher over the week to sit just a shot behind 54-hole leaders Wyndham Clark and Rickie Fowler.

The 34-year-old will go out on Sunday alongside World Number One Scottie Scheffler, with a mouth-watering finale in store on the West Coast, but he insists he will not be changing for the occasion.

"I'm going out there to try to execute a gameplan and I feel like over the last three days I've executed that game plan really, really well and I just need to do that for one more day," he said.

"I feel pretty good. The golf course definitely got a little bit trickier today than the first couple of days.

"I felt like I played really smart, solid golf. Hit a lot of fairways, hit a lot of greens. Sort of felt somewhat stress-free out there, if you can ever call golf at a U.S. Open stress-free.

"I'm pretty pleased with how today went and feel like I'm in a good spot heading into tomorrow.

"I haven't hit driver a whole lot this week. The tee-shots are hugely important to then give yourself the opportunity to hit the greens and attack the pins.

"I haven't been playing out of the rough that often this week, which has been really nice, and I think I've played smart off the tee and I've done what I needed to to get the ball in play.

"I just need to do that for one more day."