Ryder Cup star Shane Lowry shot to the highest of the leaderboard with a bogey free eight-under 63 within the third spherical of the Cognizant Basic at PGA Nationwide.
The Irishman is 13-under for the match and shares first place with 31-year-old American Austin Smotherman, who’s chasing a maiden PGA Tour victory.
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Lowry’s 63 was the equal low spherical of the day, alongside Patton Kizzire, as he fired eight birdies.
The 2019 Open champion reached the flip in 30 after which ensured he’ll begin the ultimate spherical within the final group by rolling in back-to-back birdies at 17 and 18.
“The whole lot went fairly properly, particularly early on. I hit the ball within the fairway so much yesterday, and I missed just a few fairways early immediately, however I holed just a few good putts firstly,” Lowry stated,
“Then I began hitting the ball rather well and giving myself a lot of probabilities and transformed just a few and I felt prefer it was only a very nice stable spherical of golf.
“Birdieing the final two was type of the icing on the cake.”
Taking part in golf in Florida has been particularly type to Lowry in latest occasions.
A reporter identified to the 38-year-old that within the final 5 years, Lowry is the participant that’s the most beneath par in tournaments in Florida by “like 32 pictures”.
The Irishman pointed to the absence of world No.1 Scottie Scheffler in response.
“Scottie doesn’t play that a lot round Florida perhaps?” he stated with fun.
“Yeah, I identical to Florida golf. After I moved right here at first, I hated Florida golf, the grain, Bermuda. The whole lot about it was tough for me.
“Simply from dwelling down right here and spending time down right here, I’ve change into higher at it.”
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Colombia’s Nico Echavarria and American Taylor Moore are at 12-under, one shot again from the leaders.
Ten gamers inside 5 pictures of the lead heading into the ultimate spherical.
Karl Vilips and Cam Davis had been the one Australians within the area however each missed the lower.