Lowry, Fleetwood chase Varner at RBC Heritage

Shane Lowry is just a shot off the lead heading into the final round of the RBC Heritage, with Tommy Fleetwood also in contention as he chases a maiden PGA Tour victory.

Lowry mixed eight birdies with two bogeys on his way to a six-under 65 at Harbour Town Golf Links, lifting him to 10 under and a three-way tie for second, as Harold Varner III carded a round-of-the-day 63 to take a narrow advantage into Sunday.

Varner birdied four of his opening six holes and followed further birdies at the ninth and 12th with back-to-back gains from the 15th, bolstering his hopes of a breakthrough PGA Tour victory, with Lowry joined a stroke behind by Patrick Cantlay and Erik van Rooyen.

"Without complaining too much, 65 is the worst score I could have shot," Lowry said. "I hit the ball unbelievable today, and I didn't really hole anything. That putt on the last is probably as long as I've holed all day.

"It was getting quite frustrating for a while, but I hit it in pretty close a couple of times and made a couple of nice birdies. It was really nice to birdie the last and get myself into double digits for the tournament."

Lowry took advantage of the par-five second but missed a three-footer to save par at the next, with the Irishman then following back-to-back birdies from the fourth by two-putting from five feet and bogeying the sixth.

The 2019 Champion Golfer responded to squandering another birdie chance from eight feet at the seventh by picking up a shot at the next and reaching the turn in 34, with Lowry starting his back nine with successive birdies before adding further gains at the par-five 15th and the par-four last.

Van Rooyen signed for a bogey-free 67 and Cantlay birdied his final hole to salvage a one-under 70 and also get