Shane Lowry comes close to making history as he surges into US PGA contention

Shane Lowry came agonisingly close to making history at the US PGA Championship on Saturday. The Offaly man narrowly failed to card the first 61 in men’s major championship history in the third round at Valhalla.

The 37-year-old, who is ranked a lowly 168th for putting on the PGA Tour this season, then holed from more than 30 feet for birdie on the 13th and 14th and just six feet on the 17th to set up his shot at history. “It feels pretty good,” Lowry said. “To be honest I would have liked it if I went one lower and I’m disappointed to miss it, but I went out with a job to get myself back in the tournament and I did that.”

“When I holed that putt on 14 I thought if I could get to 18 on eight under I could eagle the last – I was aware of the chance to shoot 61 from a long way out.”

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