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
It's not been the best 12 months by his standards, but he has the chance to turn that around here. He started well and has just teed off alongside Andrew Putnam on five-under.
Finau joins the many players to have birdied the par-five second hole and moves to five-under.
Putnam and Speith (both -5) make par on the first.
Thomas Pieters (-3) begins his comeback after a couple of bogies with a birdie on the eighth.
An Byeong-hun breaks away and moves to six-under with his fourth birdie of the round. He's two off the lead.
Dylan Frittelli has been impressing throughout the Championship and finished the second hole in four to take his first birdie of the day and go to five-under.
Brooks Koepka is about to get underway, both six-under.
Koepka wasn't happy with much about his 2-under 69 yesterday, calling it "a little bit disappointing," perhaps because he played in dry weather and only a mild wind.
"But at the same time, I'm close enough where I play a good weekend, I'll be in good shape," he said.
He starts his third round with par.
An Byeong Hun makes a meal of the ninth and finishes with a double-bogey, the first bit of grey on his card as he drops to five-under.
Justin Rose (-6) begins with par.
Back-to-back birdies see Xander Schauffele jump to six-under.
A birdie for Spieth sees him move to six-under. He began yesterday's round with a strong start but tailed off a touch, it will be interesting to see if he can challenge with a strong finish.
Danny Willett moves to six-under after some great approach play sets him up for a simple putt on the 12th to secure his fifth birdie of the day.
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