A third-round 66 leaves the Northern Irish golfer just two behind leader Hurly Long at The K Club
On yet another sunny day, ideal conditions for sure, the scoring generally didn’t match that of the opening two rounds. Trickier pin placements had a lot to do with that, reflected in the fact that there were only two eagles – one on the fourth hole by Billy Horschel, the second on the 16th by Richard Mansell – while the overnight leaders struggled and gave hope to all others.
“We all thought the leading score was going to be a lot more than it is and it is the same as it was this morning. Who knows what’s going to win the tournament, I just need to go out and look after myself tomorrow and hopefully at the end of the day it will be good enough,” said Lowry. One of those is Mark Power, the 23-year-old Kilkenny golfer in his very first professional tournament. Power added a third round 70 to sit on seven-under-par 209 – in tied-21st – and with the opportunity to make his sponsor’s invite pay huge dividends.
Purcell is currently having a decent season on the Challenge Tour but felt that playing and competing here has given him more “self-belief, knowing I can live with the lads out here”. As for McIlroy? Does he think his presence will be intimidating in the final round of an Irish Open with the crowd living and dying with every shot?
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