The Open 2019 tee times: Third round start times for Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose and more
JB Holmes and Shane Lowry shared the lead going into the third day at Royal Portrush
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Your support makes all the difference.A year after sacking his caddie following his fourth straight missed cut in the The Open, Ireland’s Shane Lowry will take a share of the lead – and Rory McIlroy‘s fervent support – into the third round of the year’s final major.
Lowry carded a second consecutive 67 at Royal Portrush to join American JB Holmes on eight under par, with Tommy Fleetwood – who could follow Ryder Cup partner Francesco Molinari in lifting the Claret Jug – and Lee Westwood a shot behind.
Olympic champion Justin Rose is a stroke further back alongside Cameron Smith and Justin Harding, with world number one Brooks Koepka ominously poised on five under in pursuit of a fifth major win in his last 10 starts.
Former champion Jordan Spieth was alongside Koepka after a 67, but McIlroy and Tiger Woods missed the halfway cut, McIlroy agonisingly doing so by a single shot after following his opening 79 with a superb 65.
Here are all Saturday’s tee-times in full:
09:35 Paul Waring (Eng)
09:45 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jason Kokrak (US)
09:55 Graeme McDowell, Bubba Watson (US)
10:05 Charley Hoffman (US), Ashton Turner (Eng)
10:15 Yosuke Asaji (Jpn), Andrew Wilson (Eng)
10:25 Yuki Inamori (Jpn), Matt Wallace (Eng)
10:35 Nino Bertasio (Ita), Tom Lewis (Eng)
10:45 Adam Hadwin (Can), Ryan Fox (NZ)
11:00 Inn-choon Hwang (Kor), Benjamin Hebert (Fra)
11:10 Paul Casey (Eng), Kyle Stanley (US)
11:20 Eddie Pepperell (Eng), Doc Redman (US)
11:30 Kevin Streelman (US), Joost Luiten (Ned)
11:40 Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Louis Oosthuizen (SA)
11:50 Stewart Cink (US), Callum Shinkwin (Eng)
12:00 Jim Furyk (US), Kevin Kisner (US)
12:10 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Russell Knox (Sco)
12:20 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), Mikko Korhonen (Fin)
12:35 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Branden Grace (SA)
12:45 Romain Langasque (Fra), Sang Hyun Park (Kor)
12:55 Patrick Cantlay (US), Lucas Glover (US)
13:05 Danny Willett (Eng), Aaron Wise (USA)
13:15 Justin Thomas (US), Robert Macintyre (Sco)
13:25 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Ernie Els (SA)
13:35 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Thomas Pieters (Bel)
13:45 Rory Sabbatini (Svk), Byeong-Hun An (Kor)
13:55 Rickie Fowler (US), Xander Schauffele (US)
14:10 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Webb Simpson (US)
14:20 Alex Noren (Swe), Dustin Johnson (US)
14:30 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Matt Kuchar (US)
14:40 Jon Rahm (Spa), Patrick Reed (US)
14:50 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Tony Finau (US)
15:00 Erik Van Rooyen (SA), Dylan Frittelli (SA)
15:10 Andrew Putnam (US), Jordan Spieth (US)
15:20 Brooks Koepka (US), Justin Rose (Eng)
15:30 Justin Harding (SA), Cameron Smith (Aus)
15:40 Lee Westwood (Eng), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
15:50 Shane Lowry (Ire), JB Holmes (US)
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Good morning and welcome to The Independent's live coverage from the third round of The Open!
We'll bring you all the latest updates and analysis from 9.30am, so make sure to tune in!
Tee times
Right folks, Paul Waring is about to begin his round on his ones, but we all know that's not the real quiz.
Here's some of the tee times to look for...
08:45—Francesco Molinari, Jason Kokrak
13:30—Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Kuchar
13:40—Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed
14:40—Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood
14:50—Shane Lowry, J.B. Holmes
The full schedule can be founds below.
No Rory
Of course, there will be no representative taking part from Northern Ireland with the initials RM after Rory McIlroy was dumped out after missing the cut.
The pre-tournament favourite gave himself a one hell of a task after finishing the first day eight-over-par. With the cut off point one over, McIlroy began the day with three consecutive birdies as he battled his way back into contention, but fell just short of a heroic comeback.
“Part of me is very disappointed not to be here for the weekend,” McIlroy said afterwards.
“Yesterday gave me a mountain to climb but I dug in and showed good resilience. It’s going to hurt for a bit. I’ve been looking forward to this week for a long time. I didn’t play my part but everyone in Northern Ireland came out to watch me and played theirs.”
Read Tom Kershaw's full report from a dramatic second day at The Open.
Waring (+1) starts the day with a par on the first. No nonsense, nicely done sir.
This morning may be the most coverage Paul Waring ever gets before the main lot begin.
Bubbaaaaa!
Bubba Watson will be getting underway very shortly, which gives you just enough time to read Tom Kershaw's exclusive interview with the king of on-course tears.
There's huge cheers as Bubba Watson lingers up to the first.
Slightly further up the course and Molinari and Kokrak (both +1) begin with par on the first.
Five players to watch on day three
Brooks Koepka has got several gears to move through
The hunt for winning 50% of his last 10 Majors is still on for Koepka and he has barely slipped out of second gear. The rest could be in trouble if he moves into overdrive this weekend. Koepka was five shots behind at this stage of the US Open last year and won, so won't be fretting about his Portrush deficit.
Jordan Spieth has been galvanised by the Open
Spieth has been in dismal form since finishing ninth in the 2018 Open. But he has fallen in love with Portrush, producing a sensational scoring burst early in round two. The 2017 champion has been stirred by links golf and the Open buzz, and senses he can emerge from his slump by regaining the Claret Jug.
Lee Westwood needs to try to stay relaxed
Lee Westwood does not take golf as seriously as he once did, practising less, smiling more, enjoying the twilight of his career without busting a gut in the quest for his first major. But after a carefree seven-under-par halfway total in the Open, can the relaxed mood continue for much longer?
Jon Rahm could deliver some weekend fireworks
Rahm did well to recover from an awful double-bogey on hole two yesterday to card an under-par second round - and the Irish Open champion is still in fantastic form. At this stage of the Irish Open the week before last, Rahm was in 38th place seven shots behind, and ended up winning by two.
Shane Lowry has overcome the worst side of the draw
The Irishman has been magnificent over the opening 36 holes. Lowry has won championships at Portrush and knows the course better than anyone on the leaderboard. He can deliver in front of home crowds, but can he handle the pressure of winning the Open with a nation willing him on?
Via the Racing Post
Bubba and Kokrak (both +1) suit and kick off by making par on the first as Waring (+1) doesn't drop a shot on the second.
It's pars all-round on the course at the moment. If the likes of Watson and Molinari are to claw their way back towards contention you feel they need to start racking up the birdies and chipping away at that score.
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