Lowry, Fleetwood hunt Varner at RBC Heritage

Harold Varner III leads 11 underneath Shane Lowry, Eric Van Royen and Patrick Cantlay. Tommy Fleetwood with three backs and Ian Poulter with 4 behind – watch featured teams dwell on Sunday from 1.30pm on Sky Sports activities Golf

Shane Lowry is only a shot off the lead heading into the ultimate spherical of the RBC Heritage, with Tommy Fleetwood additionally in rivalry chasing his first win on the PGA Tour.

Lowry blended eight birdies with two stealths on his strategy to a six-under-65 at Harbor City Golf Hyperlinks, elevating him to a 10-under and a triple tie in second, as he gave Harold Varner a 3rd spherical of day 63 to take a good benefit on Sunday.

Varner made 4 of his six opening slots and adopted extra sparrows on the ninth and twelfth with consecutive wins from the fifteenth, boosting his hopes of a giant win on the PGA Tour, as Lowry joined in on a success behind Patrick Cantlay and Eric Van Royen.

Harold Varner III received the Saudi Worldwide Championship for the Asian Tour earlier this yr

“With out complaining an excessive amount of, 65 is the worst rating I may presumably pay,” Lowry mentioned. “I hit the ball unbelievably right now, I did not actually punch a gap in something. That was in all probability the final hit so long as I had all of it day.

“It was very irritating for some time, however I hit it too shut a couple of occasions and made two cute birdies. It was actually cool to place a chicken within the tens for the championship.”

Lowry capitalized on 5 seconds however missed a three-pointer to maintain the par on the following day, because the Irishman then adopted up on a streak of fourth-place finishers by way of two positions from 5 toes and sixth.

The 2019 champion golfer responded to losing one other eight-foot birdie alternative in seventh by taking a shot the following time and making it to the spherical at 34, with Lowry beginning his ninth again with back-to-back birdies earlier than including extra beneficial properties within the fifteen. And at last 4 gamers.

Van Rooyen has signed 67 video games freed from stealth and Cantlay Chicken signed on the final gap to avoid wasting the Below-70 and likewise near the highest, with Austrian Sepp Straka in fifth alongside Australian trio Matt Kuchar, Aaron Smart and Hudson Swafford.

Fleetwood flew two of his 4 opening holes and rolled from 15 toes into the seventh, because the Englishman posted a successive birdie of the tenth after which plowed 50 toes off the 14th inexperienced.

The 31-year-old then added one other within the subsequent stage to maneuver to eight-under, with Jordan Spieth – who missed an 18-inch shot within the last inexperienced – Billy Horschel and Joel Dahmene accomplished the set with three over velocity strokes.

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Jordan Spieth struggled to finish the nightmare into his third spherical at RBC Heritage, lacking an 18-inch shot to cheat his final gap and drop three of the lead

“I’ve by no means felt like I am taking part in so properly,” Fleetwood mentioned. “I’ve by no means felt comfy in my swing. As if I have not performed properly this week. However right now was the day I did not have something devastating in there.

“If I missed a shot, it was like a mistaken shot someplace after which I had an opportunity to go from there. Some good photographs the place I took benefit of afterwards.”

Three birds in 4 holes of a 12 span lifted Ian Poulter in 4 of the lead and right into a tie 13, whereas Graeme McDowell moved inside the highest 30 with a 66 freed from stealth.

World quantity two Colin Morikawa sits seventh on the fourth, and Justin Thomas scored an under-70 to drop to 56th, with defending champion Stuart Sink second amongst these to make the minimize previous 71.

Who will win the RBC Legacy? Watch the ultimate spherical dwell on Sunday on Sky Sports activities Golf. Reside protection of featured teams begins at 1.30pm, earlier than full protection from 6pm.