{"id":301923,"date":"2021-07-18T04:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T01:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/british-open-champs-rory-mcilroy-shane-lowry-sputter-after-quick-starts\/"},"modified":"2021-07-18T04:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T01:30:25","slug":"british-open-champs-rory-mcilroy-shane-lowry-sputter-after-quick-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/british-open-champs-rory-mcilroy-shane-lowry-sputter-after-quick-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"#British Open champs Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry sputter after quick starts"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#British Open champs Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry sputter after quick starts<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Two former British Open champions looked to be on the cusp of climbing back into contention to win another Claret Jug in the third round Saturday at Royal St. George\u2019s in Sandwich, England, but neither fully seized the opportunity.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy, the 2014 winner, had it going in his morning round \u2026 and then he didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Shane Lowry, the 2019 winner and de-facto defending champion because the 2020 Open was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thought he was on the verge of making a big moving-day run, but his putter let him down.<\/p>\n

Both McIlroy and Lowry shot 1-under 69s and both walked off the course believing they left a lot of shots on the course.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, McIlroy, who continues to say his game<\/a> is \u201cclose,\u2019\u2019 merely provided a tease. He went out in 4-under 31 and got to as low as 4-under for the tournament on the front nine, and it looked like he was ready to make a charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe front nine, Rory was lighting it up a bit,\u2019\u2019 said Richard Bland, who was paired with McIlroy.<\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry<\/figcaption>
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Then came the back nine, where McIlroy failed to birdie a hole and had three bogeys.<\/p>\n

\u201cSort of a tale of two nines,\u2019\u2019 said McIlroy, who trails third-round leader Louis Oosthuizen by 11 strokes. \u201cI played great on the front nine, hit some really good iron shots and converted some putts and really got it going. Then the back nine played tough. They\u2019re sort of tucking the pins away. They\u2019ve stretched the golf course out to as long as it can play.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly, it felt like a better round than 1-under par, but it was encouraging to see some of the golf that I played on that front nine,\u2019\u2019 said McIlroy, who trails leader Louis Oosthuizen by . \u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of trying to keep that going and try to turn those nine-hole stretches into 18-hole stretches, and then those 18-hole stretches into whole tournaments. It\u2019s getting there.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

When he finished his round, McIlroy was 10 shots behind leader Louis Oosthuizen, who hadn\u2019t even started his day. It\u2019s safe to say he\u2019s out of contention.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s going to leave McIlroy without a win in his last 26 majors, dating to his 2014 PGA Championship victory. That is a considerable drought considering McIlroy won his four career major championships in his first 24 starts as a professional.<\/p>\n

Lowry said he walked off the course with \u201cmixed emotions because I played great [and] I left a lot of shots out there.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cOne-under was probably the worst score I could have shot, which was very disapp<\/a>ointing on a day like today because I felt like I could have shot 3-, 4-, 5-under out there, and I would have been right in the tournament,\u2019\u2019 Lowry went on. \u201cI\u2019m disappointed, but I\u2019m kind of proud of myself how I battled back and how I finished. I holed three nice putts on 16, 17, 18. But other than that, I missed four putts I\u2019d say inside four or five feet, which you can\u2019t do on days like today, which is disappointing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m disappointed because I feel like I\u2019m probably too far back. I\u2019m not sure I can win from here, but I can shoot, the way I\u2019m playing, 6-under. If 10-, 11-under is the winning score, yes, I can obviously win, but I\u2019m not sure. I think the winning score is probably going to be better than that. But who knows?\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Lowry said he\u2019s happy with what he called \u201ca pretty strong defense\u2019\u2019 of his title.<\/p>\n

\u201cMentally, I\u2019ve been good, and I\u2019ve been fighting very hard this year, and I feel like I\u2019m playing great golf,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good position to be in. I\u2019ve been enjoying it. I\u2019ve enjoyed that Claret Jug for the last two years, and I\u2019d dearly love to have it again. If it\u2019s not this year, hopefully again down the road. I think I have about 25 or 26 more attempts.\u2019\u2019\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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