The Open 2019 LIVE: Shane Lowry breaks course record to take four-shot lead over Tommy Fleetwood into Sunday
Re-live all the action from the third round of the 148th Open Championship from Royal Portrush
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Your support makes all the difference.Shane Lowry delivered an Open Championship masterclass as he broke the course record at Royal Portrush with an eight-under-par 63 to take a four-shot lead into Sunday's final round.
The weekend may be without Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy after they both missed the cut, but Saturday did not go without it's drama. Irishman Lowry has brought the fans to life with a truly brilliant round, and after starting the day on eight-under-par, he recorded a bogey-free round of 63 that featured eight birdies to lead Tommy Fleetwood by four shots.
Brooks Koepka moved himself up to fourth place alongside Justin Rose and just behindJB Holmes, but Lowry's brilliance means they already find themselvesa long way off the lead at the start of Sunday's play. The R&A Has also announced that Sunday's tee times have been moved forward due to the threat of bad weather. Follow the latest updates below.
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Saturday tee times
0835—Paul Waring
0845—Francesco Molinari, Jason Kokrak
0855—Graeme McDowell, Bubba Watson
0905—Charley Hoffman, Ashton Turner
0915—Yosuke Asaji, Andrew Wilson
0925—Yuki Inamori, Matt Wallace
0935—Nino Bertasio, Tom Lewis
0945—Adam Hadwin, Ryan Fox
1000—Innchoon Hwang, Benjamin Hebert
1010—Paul Casey, Kyle Stanley
1020—Eddie Pepperell, Doc Redman
1030—Kevin Streelman, and Joost Luiten
1040—Shubhankar Sharma, Louis Oosthuizen
1050—Stewart Cink, Callum Shinkwin
1100—Jim Furyk, Kevin Kisner
1110—Bernd Wiesberger, Russell Knox
1120—Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Mikko Korhonen
1135—Sergio Garcia, Branden Grace
1145—Romain Langasque, Sang Hyun Park
1155—Patrick Cantlay, Lucas Glover
1205—Danny Willett, Aaron Wise
1215—Justin Thomas, Bob MacIntryre
1225—Matt Fitzpatrick, Ernie Els
1235—Thorbjorn Olesen, Thomas Pieters
1245—Rory Sabbatini, Byeong Hun An
1255—Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele
1310—Henrik Stenson, Webb Simpson
1320—Alex Noren, Dustin Johnson
1330—Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Kuchar
1340—Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed
1350—Lucas Bjerregaard, Tony Finau
1400—Erik Van Rooyen, Dylan Frittelli
1410—Andrew Putnam, Jordan Spieth
1420—Brooks Koepka, Justin Rose
1430—Justin Harding, Cameron Smith
1440—Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood
1450—Shane Lowry, J.B. Holmes
Bubba Watson (+3) records his fourth bogey of the day as he closes in on the finish. Two holes to go for the American.
American Lucas Glover moves to three under after back-to-back birdies on the second and third, he's joined by Patrick Cantlay, who records exactly the same scores as his countryman though the first three: par, birdie, birdie.
Paul Waring completes his round this afternoon four-over par for the round and five-over for the Championship.
There was a nice moment on the 17th as Portrush professional Gary McNeill, acting as Waring's marker due to the odd number of competitors, was given a rapturous applause after sinking a birdie putt.
Eagle! Aaron Wise (-2) started his round with a bogey, but recovers on the par-five second with an eagle.
Only 15 players have failed to make a birdie or eagle of the 41 that have completed the second hole today.
Incredible scenes as Graeme McDowell sinks a birdie putt on the 17th. The crowds there must be 15-20 people deep for the last raining Northern Irishman in the competition. He goes to one-underfur the Championship.
Francesco Molinari completes his round one-over, which takes him to two-over for the Championship. Not ideal.
The 2018 winner needs a miracle to even make the top ten tomorrow.
Lucas Glover is enjoying a brilliant start and moves to four-under with his third consecutive birdie with a fine putt on the fourth. Great start, this.
'A couple of bad misses cost me'
Francesco Molinari tells BBC Sport that his short game never really got going: "Very good conditions, nice to see the sun out. I played well just a couple of bad misses that cost me, unfortunately the putter did not warm up for me. It's tricky but if it stays like this you can easily do four or five under. You need to be lucky not to get into trouble."
Molinari added he will be cheering on his good friend Tommy Fleetwood, who begins on seven-under, one shot off the lead. "It will be good to have his name close to mine on the Claret Jug. He definitely has a chance, hopefully he can take it."
Local favourite Graeme McDowell, who used to sneak onto this course to play it when he was younger, ends with a birdie to complete a three-under round to finish two-under for the Championship.
That's some reception for a golfer that is finishing his third round at 1:45 on a Saturday.
Meanwhile, Bubba Watson ends with par and finishes on three-over for the Championship after completing his round on 73.
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