Shane Lowry will go into the final round of the DP World Tour’s India Championship in sole possession of third place, but after an opening nine where he made four birdies and made the turn one behind Tommy Fleetwood, he’s now three behind Keita Nakajima.
“Yeah, I got very frustrated on the back nine today,” he admitted, after trading two bogeys and two birdies on the way home. “I started to hit very loose shots, made some silly mistakes. It was disappointing on the back nine. I played great on the front nine. I was really in control of my game and with how things were going. Made a great par save on 9 and then I just missed a short putt on 10 and then it kind of snowballed from there.
“I did my best to get it back on track, and it was nice to birdie the last, but I made a couple of really silly errors, mental errors, but it is what it is. I’m still only three back.”
Lowry got an up close look at Nakajima and knows that if he produces the same quality of play then he’ll likely win, but that wins don’t come easy.
“Keita played great today, so he’ll be hard to beat tomorrow,” he explained. “But there will be a few of us not far behind him hopefully giving him a run.”
Lowry is confident that he can put the frustration behind him and come back out with a positive mindset and be fully focused on getting his first individual win since the 2022 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
“Ahead of tomorrow, yeah, I’ll be fine,” he said. “I’ll reset tonight and look at the leaderboard. I’m in a great position in this tournament. I like the golf course. I think it suits me, and I think I’ll have a low score out there. I’ve already shown that once this week. I’ll need a low one tomorrow to try and win.”
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