{"id":224425,"date":"2025-10-19T11:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/224425\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:11:07","slug":"fleetwood-makes-admission-as-ryder-cup-teammates-hunt-him-golf-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/224425\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleetwood makes admission as Ryder Cup teammates hunt him – Golf – Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy, who were victorious as teammates in the 2025 Ryder Cup, are now competitors in the DP World India Championship. They’re chasing Tommy Fleetwood<\/a> into the final round, with Lowry just one shot behind Fleetwood and McIlroy further down the leaderboard at T15.<\/a><\/p>\n

Fleetwood, currently in second place behind Keita Nakajima, is only two shots off the lead. Despite his advantageous position, he’s not planning an aggressive strategy for Sunday’s final round.<\/p>\n

“I just don’t think the course allows you to be that aggressive,” Fleetwood said after his round. “The pins again today were pretty tucked. I felt like the pins yesterday were a bit easier to get to.”<\/p>\n

Drawing comparisons to Augusta National, Fleetwood emphasized that the course requires patience and precision over risk-taking.<\/p>\n

“You can only hit the shot that the course gives you, and I feel like this is very similar,” he noted. “It just stops you from being aggressive. You have to play the right shots at the right time, and if you have a wedge in your hand you’re going to have to try and be a bit more aggressive and take it on a little bit,” Fleetwood explained.<\/p>\n

He stressed the importance of discipline, saying, “You have to be very disciplined still and try to get the best out of the round tomorrow,”.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, McIlroy, who is seven shots off the lead, remains hopeful about his chances for a comeback. However, he acknowledged that he’ll need something special to catch up with Fleetwood.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, still quite a bit back, depending on how the guys play the back nine. But I’d imagine that if I shoot a low one tomorrow I could post a score and see what happens. But I’d say I’m probably two shots too far behind to have a realistic chance. But I could go out and shoot a low one tomorrow,” McIlroy stated.<\/p>\n

Lowry had a tough time on the back nine but was encouraged by a birdie on the final hole to stay in contention. “Yeah, I got very frustrated on the back nine today,” Lowry confessed.<\/p>\n

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“I started to hit very loose shots, made some silly mistakes. It was disappointing… but it was nice to birdie the last. I made a couple of really silly errors, mental errors, but it is what it is. I’m still only three back,” Lowry added.<\/p>\n

Lowry remains optimistic about his chances. “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,” he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy, who were victorious as teammates in the 2025 Ryder Cup, are now competitors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,1976,82,33110],"class_list":{"0":"post-224425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-rory-mcilroy","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tommy-fleetwood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}