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Shane Lowry was eight pictures again of the lead when he teed off over an hour and a half earlier than the ultimate group of the third spherical of the PGA Championship. When he entered the clubhouse, he was only one stroke again.
That is as a result of the Irishman shot a 9-under 62 on Saturday at Valhalla, tying the information for the bottom spherical and lowest rating to par in a significant.
Xander Schauffele did the identical on Thursday, tying the file of 62 that he already had a share of. However his rating was additionally the primary time anybody had gone 9-under in a significant spherical (Valhalla is a par 71, whereas the earlier occurrences occurred at par 70s).
Now, Schauffele has firm.
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Shane Lowry of Eire reacts to his birdie on the 14th inexperienced throughout the third spherical of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Membership Might 18, 2024, in Louisville. (Andrew Redington/Getty Photos)
Lowry had a shot at historical past, reaching the par-5 18th in three and leaving himself about 10 ft for an unprecedented 61 in a significant.
However his putt by no means broke proper, and he tapped in for par to tie Schauffele (Thursday and the 2023 U.S. Open), Rickie Fowler (2023 U.S. Open) and Branden Grace (2017 Open Championship).
The putt was to additionally tie Schauffele for the match lead at 14-under, however Lowry has greater than put himself in place to win his second main. On the time of publishing, he was tied for second with 2020 PGA Champion Collin Morikawa.
He was in disbelief when it did not drop, however he appeared comfortable when he realized a tie wasn’t too dangerous.
Shane Lowry of Eire reacts to his birdie with caddie Darren Reynolds on the 14th inexperienced throughout the third spherical of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Membership Might 18, 2024, in Louisville. (Patrick Smith/Getty Photos)
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Lowry parred the primary gap, then birdied his subsequent 4 earlier than alternating between par and birdie from holes six by way of 9, coming into the flip with a 29.
He birdied 13, 14, and 17 en path to the bogey-free spherical. In all, he knocked down over 161 ft in putts, together with back-to-back birdies of 37 ft, 4 inches and 32 ft, six inches at 13 and 14.
Lowry’s greatest end on the PGA Championship is tying for fourth in 2021, when Phil Mickelson gained at Kiawah Island to change into the oldest main winner ever. Lowry additionally tied his lowest spherical, which he shot at Liberty Nationwide in Jersey Metropolis on the 2021 Northern Belief.
His lone main victory got here on the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
Shane Lowry of Eire reacts to his birdie putt on the thirteenth inexperienced throughout the third spherical of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Membership Might 18, 2024, in Louisville. (Andrew Redington/Getty Photos)
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With a win Sunday, he’d change into the twenty first multi-time winner of the PGA Championship and the primary since Brooks Koepka gained his second in 2019, defending his title from the yr earlier than.
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