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
16th: Lowry moves three ahead of Fleetwood and six ahead of third place after his latest birdie. He's seven-under for the day and 15-under for the Championship.
Fantastic noise from the crowd.
17th: Pars for Fleetwood and Westwood on the penultimate home. Fleetwood will be far more disappointed as he teases one just wide.
18th: The English duo get off to decent starts on the last, both straight and on the fairway.
17th: Everything Lowry touches is turning into gold. His second shot is chipped four maybe five yards from the pin at most. A birdie chance here to extend his lead even further.
17th: Holmes has around 20 yards of fairway grass to go before he meets the green but he goes with the putter and is in-range for a par effort.
17th: Three birdies in a row gives Lowry a four-shot lead over Fleetwood as he goes to 16-under.
18th: Westwood ends on eight-over. He was flying alongside Fleetwood earlier, keeping pace with Lowry and Holmes, but he tailed off towards the back nine and a long spell without a birdie has seen him slip away from contention.
18th: Fleetwood ends with a round of 66 and holds onto second place ahead of the final day. He'll be very happy with his afternoon's work and if it was't for Lowry's stunning performance he would be thinking about a certain jug...
18th: Excellent from Lowry to set himself up with one last shot at a birdie this afternoon, and wow the packed crowded at the green would like to see that.
'Ole...ole ole ole, Lowry, Lowry' is the chant echoing around the last as he approaches the green.
18th: So close! A Lowry birdie would have brought the house down but it stops shot by half a ball's width. He taps it in for par and soaks up the adulation from the support.
A great day from Lowry and he will go to bed tonight with perhaps one hand on the Claret Jug. He has a four-shot lead over Fleetwood and a seven-shot between him and third.
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