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2024 Irish Open: Round 3 Saturday tee times, pairings, and featured groups
Italyâs Matteo Manassero tops the leaderboard after the second day of action in Newcastle, Co.Down.
Verona native Matteo Manassero leads the way in the Irish Open with inclement weather the feature of the day for the golfers at the picturesque course in Newcastle, Co. Down (Northern Ireland).
The Italian made two eagles on his way to a 5-under 66 for a one-shot lead in the Irish Open on Friday with home favourite Rory McIlroy finishing on a had a 70 for the day which is two shots behind the Italian.
Temperatures dropped to a wintry 58 degrees Fahrenheit with many of the players opting for winter warmers and woolen hats to cope with the cold and adverse conditions as Manassero opened with an 8-foot eagle putt,
Manassero, who won this year in South Africa on the European tour, was at 6-under 136. He was one shot ahead of Todd Clements (71) and Laurie Canter (68). McIlroy was tied with Ewen Ferguson of Scotland (69) and Alejandro Del Rey of Spain (71) with the other local favourite Shane Lowry tied in 19th position at 1 over.
Irish Open: Day 3 tee times
all times ET
02:25: JONES, Sam & KO, Jeong weon
02:35: DONALD, Luke & JARVIS, Casey
02:45: WARING, Paul & GREEN, Gavin
02:55: KNAPPE, Alexander & PARATORE, Renato
03:05: LAW, David & CATLIN, John
03:15: KJELDSEN, Søren & RAI, Aaron
03:25: POWER, Seamus & OLESEN, Thorbjørn
03:40: HOSHINO, Rikuya & SCRIVENER, Jason
03:50: STONE, Brandon & LUITEN, Joost
04:00: VAN DRIEL, Darius & PAVAN, Andrea
04:10: ELVIRA, Nacho & MCKIBBIN, Tom
04:20: ENEFER, Will & GUERRIER, Julien
04:30: WU, Ashun & BALDWIN, Matthew
04:40: WILSON, Oliver & KIEFFER, Maximilian
04:55: DEAN, Joe & FITZPATRICK, Alex
05:05: KEELING, Seán & OTAEGUI, Adrian
05:15: TARRIO, Santiago & WIESBERGER, Bernd
05:25: ROZNER, Antoine & LAWRENCE, Thriston
05:35: FORREST, Grant & SADDIER, Adrien
05:45: MORRISON, James & PENGE, Marco
05:55: SCHOTT, Freddy & MANSELL, Richard
06:10: AIKEN, Thomas & WALKER, Jimmy
06:20: SMITH, Jordan & VÄLIMÄKI, Sami
06:30: DE BRUYN, Jannik & MACINTYRE, Robert
06:40: LOWRY, Shane & ARMITAGE, Marcus
06:50: LACROIX, Frederic & PRINSLOO, Jaco
07:00: COCKERILL, Aaron & SHARMA, Shubhankar
07:10: CELLI, Filippo & NORGAARD, Niklas
07:25: DANTORP, Jens & VAN ROOYEN, Erik
07:35: SYME, Connor & HØJGAARD, Rasmus
07:45: BROWN, Daniel & HILL, Calum
07:55: FERGUSON, Ewen & DEL REY, Alejandro
08:05: MCILROY, Rory & CLEMENTS, Todd
08:15: CANTER, Laurie & MANASSERO, Matteo