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Shane Lowry just misses record-breaking 61 in third round of US PGA Championship

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Ireland’s Shane Lowry narrowly failed to card the first 61 in men’s major championship history as he surged into contention for the 106th US PGA Championship at Valhalla.

The 2019 Open champion needed to birdie the 18th to write his name in the history books, but missed from 12 feet and had to settle for a bogey-free third round of 62.

That matched the mark initially set by Branden Grace in the 2017 Open, which was equalled by Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele in the opening round of last year’s US Open and achieved again by Schauffele on Thursday.

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