Lowry steadied himself with two birdies on the last three holes for a 2-under 69, leaving him in a familiar position as he chases that silver claret jug he first won at Royal Portrush five years ago.
TROON, Scotland — Shane Lowry was a surprising model of calm amid all the calamity in the British Open on Friday, July 19.
He had a two-shot lead over Justin Rose and Daniel Brown going into the weekend. “I'd much rather have a disappointing Sunday than going home on Friday,” said McIlroy, who was coming off a late collapse that cost him the U.S. Open. Masters champion Scottie Scheffler found a pot bunker off the tee at the downwind 18th and made bogey, but otherwise was solid as ever for another 70. He was tied for fourth just five shots behind, along with Billy Horschel and Dean Burmester .
“Once I made the 8 on the fourth hole that was it — 22 holes into the event and I'm thinking about where I'm going to go on vacation next week,” McIlroy said.Another shot back was Joaquin Niemann. He had another 71 despite taking a quintuple-bogey 8 on the par-3 eighth hole — the Postage Stamp — that measures a mere 123 yards. He was in three bunkers around the tiny green and three-putted when he finally got out of them.
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