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
A few more finishers
Ashton Turner: 77 (+7)
Jason Kokrak 74 (+4)
Charley Hoffman 70 (E)
Yosuke Asaji 71 (+1)
Andrew Wilson 71 (+1)
Tee times
The rest of the players to come today:
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)
Matthew Fitzpatrick birdies the second after a bogey on the first. He steadies himself to save par on the third and continues on two-under.
Thorbjorn Olsen is also on two-under following a bogey on the third having also gone through the second in two.
Ernier Els, who was briefly four-under, drops down slightly after a get on the fourth.
Danny Willett (-3) has started very well and picks up his second birdie of the day at the fifth.
Belgian Thomas Pieters, who made his Ryder Cup debut in 2016, has raced up the leaderboard and is sitting on four-under for the Championship after back-to-back birdies after par at the first.
Park Sang-hyun on the charge
Our man at Royal Portrush, Tom Kershaw, mused: "It's perhaps the unlikely candidate, Park Sang-hyun (-4), who is making the best ground on the leaders so far. The little-known South Korean, who missed the cut last year in his first and only previous major appearance, is three-under through seven holes and now only four shots back of JB Holmes and Shane Lowry.
Joost Luiten (-3) is on the charge as three birdies in a row propels him right up the leaderboard. His early work this morning, two birdies in the first five holes, was briefly undone by consecutive bogies. Although he has found his best again as he approaches the final few holes.
It could have been even better for Park Sang-hyun (-4), but he squanders the opportunity to move to five-under as a routine putt is missed.
A birdie on the second for last year's runner-up, Xander Schauffele, pulls him to within four of the lead.
Tom Kershaw caught up with the American last week to talk...well...everything
We are about an hour away from Tommy Fleetwood and Lee Westwood (both seven-under) taking to the first tee as they bid to become the first English player to win The Open since Nick Faldo in 1992.
Fleetwood said: "When these chances come around you want to take them. It's your chance of putting your name in the history of the game. For sure all of us dream of having majors in our career and taking those opportunities.
"I think the other side of that is like you say you don't know how many times you're going to actually get the chance to compete at the back end of a draw on Saturday or Sunday in a major and it's important to embrace it and enjoy it whatever happens.
"You have to realise what a lucky position you're in and how well you've done to get there.
"For sure, I'm not going to tee off tomorrow and say I'm going to love this whatever happens. I want to make it happen. I want to win a major. You've put yourself in contention with half of the event to go.
"But it really is important not to look at how much I want to win The Open, how much I can picture myself with the Claret Jug."
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