{"id":510634,"date":"2026-02-28T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/510634\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:16:09","slug":"cognizant-classic-third-round-leaderboard-scores-shane-lowry-interview-scottie-scheffler-joke-latest-news-video-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/510634\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognizant Classic third round leaderboard, scores, Shane Lowry interview, Scottie Scheffler joke, latest news, video, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryder Cup star Shane Lowry shot to the top of the leaderboard with a bogey free eight-under 63 in the third round of the Cognizant Classic at PGA National.<\/p>\n<p>The Irishman is 13-under for the tournament and shares first place with 31-year-old American Austin Smotherman, who is chasing a maiden PGA Tour victory.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffFOX SPORTS, available on Kayo Sports, is streaming The 2026 PGA Tour LIVE &amp; Exclusive | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=golf&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgolf-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-glf-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lowry\u2019s 63 was the equal low round of the day, alongside Patton Kizzire, as he fired eight birdies.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Open champion reached the turn in 30 and then ensured he will start the final round in the last group by rolling in back-to-back birdies at 17 and 18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything went pretty well, especially early on. I hit the ball in the fairway a lot yesterday, and I missed a few fairways early today, but I holed a few nice putts at the start,\u201d Lowry said, <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I started hitting the ball really well and giving myself lots of chances and converted a few and I felt like it was just a really nice solid round of golf. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBirdieing the last two was kind of the icing on the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Playing golf in Florida has been especially kind to Lowry in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter pointed out to the 38-year-old that in the last five years, Lowry is the player that is the most under par in tournaments in Florida by \u201clike 32 shots\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Irishman pointed to the absence of world No.1 Scottie Scheffler in response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScottie doesn\u2019t play that much around Florida maybe?\u201d he said with a laugh. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I just like Florida golf. When I moved here at first, I hated Florida golf, the grain, Bermuda. Everything about it was tricky for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust from living down here and spending time down here, I\u2019ve become better at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffGet all the latest golf news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=GolfArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shane Lowry of Ireland shows his ball on the 18th green during the third round of the Cognizant Classic golf tournament, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo\/Marta Lavandier)Source: AP<\/p>\n<p>Colombia\u2019s Nico Echavarria and American Taylor Moore are at 12-under, one shot back from the leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Ten players within five shots of the lead heading into the final round.<\/p>\n<p>Karl Vilips and Cam Davis were the only Australians in the field but both missed the cut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup star Shane Lowry shot to the top of the leaderboard with a bogey free eight-under 63&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[2095,1724,64,63,64933,32976,2057,676,2755,755,1745,29991,26779,68537,255891,255892,2041,2067,3583,129211,177510,1656,942,11298,2812,85,2614],"class_list":["post-510634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-america","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-back-to-back-birdies","tag-colombia","tag-europe","tag-final-round","tag-florida","tag-golf","tag-golf-news","tag-golf-tournament","tag-ireland","tag-lead-heading","tag-lpga-world-championship","tag-nice-solid-round","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-northern-europe","tag-palm-beach-gardens","tag-ridiculous-record","tag-shane-lowry","tag-singapore","tag-south-america","tag-south-eastern-asia","tag-sports","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}