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Associated Press

Shane Lowry made a double bogey on the famous “Postage Stamp” eighth hole at Royal Troon and it only got worse for the Irishman.
Lowry led The Open Championship by three shots early Saturday before his day unravelled in the wind and rain. His 6-over 77 left him three shots behind leader Billy Horschel going into Sunday’s final round.
Quite a turnaround after taking a two-shot lead into the weekend and pairing on Saturday with unheralded Dan Brown.
“I guess for me the eighth hole was killer really. Make par there and you can still shoot 3 or 4 over and still be leading the tournament. Just pulled my wedge shot there,” Lowry said of the 123-yard par-3 eighth.
Lowry, eyeing his second Open Championship title, had moved three strokes ahead with a birdie at No. 4.

On the eighth, which he had birdied on back-to-back days, Lowry found the “Coffin bunker” before his next shot rolled off the back of the green. He got back up but two-putted.
“You’d have to question why there wasn’t a couple of tees put forward today, to be honest. I think 15 and 17 – like 15 is 500 yards playing into that wind, it’s – yeah, they keep trying to make holes longer, yet the best hole in this course is about 100 yards,” he said.
On the last, Lowry sliced his drive and then sent his next shot into the grandstand to the right of the green. He was given a free drop but pitched well short of the hole and needed two putts.
“This is going to take me a couple hours to get over today,” he added. “But I have a job to do tomorrow and a similar chance to win this tournament.”
Meanwhile Si Woo Kim did not see his ball go in as he made an unforgettable a hole in one.
“My caddie told me you’d better hit hard with a 3-iron,” the South Korean said. “So I did, and as soon as I (did), I see the ball (go) over the fringe.”
He thought perhaps it was within 20 feet, but then the crowd erupted.
“I couldn’t see it,” he said.
The shot took a few hops before rolling straight into the cup. Kim high-fived caddie Manuel Villegas, who then playfully tapped the visor of Kim’s cap.
At 238 yards (217.6 metres), it is the longest hole-in-one at an Open Championship since organisers began keeping complete records in 1981.
Louis Oosthuizen made a hole in one at the 2016 Open at Troon. Ernie Els made one at the Postage Stamp in 2004.
There were three at the 1997 Open at Troon – by Pierre Fulke, Daniel Olsson and Dennis Edlund.


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Shane Lowry made a double bogey on the famous ‘Postage Stamp’ eighth hole at Royal Troon


Shane Lowry made a double bogey on the famous ‘Postage Stamp’ eighth hole at Royal Troon and it only got worse for the Irishman.
