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
Watson birdies from about 15 yards and moves to two-over.
Molinari stays on three-over after a couple of pars following his bogey on the 11th.
Meanwhile, Sergio Garcia, who has been victim to several nearly moments at The Open, has just teed off with South African Branden Grace.
Birdie for Molinari on the par-four 14th to take him to two-over!
Kevin Kisner's brief moment in the sun comes to an end with a bogey on the fourth and he slumps back to two-over.
Serigo Garcia (-1) makes par on the first.
Stewart Cink is one-under after a birdie on the second and this brilliant shot on the fourth.
Doc Redman (-3) makes par at the seventh to keep his fine start on track.
Off the press
Rory McIlroy says he felt like he reconnected with ‘his people’ on a heartbreaking day
Kyle Stanley (-1) adds his third birdie of the day on the eighth to keep his good morning on the right tracks.
Ryan Fox moves to two-under with a birdie at the 10th.
Sergio Garcia (-2) adds a first tinge of red to his scorecard this afternoon with a birdie on the five-par second, where a lot of players have gone through with four this morning.
There's an enormous, passionate crowd following Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell around the course. He's had a good start, but a bogey on the 14th halts his progress as he returns to a par score.
Doc Redman drops to two-under after bogeying the eighth. He joins eight players out there on -2.
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