Lowry lands amazing ace at Sawgrass | 'Special things happen'

Shane Lowry lit up the weather-affected Players Championship with a hole-in-one on the iconic 17th as Paul Casey continued his superb comeback from a nightmare start at Sawgrass.

Lowry's tee shot on the 124-yard par three pitched around 10 feet beyond the hole and span back into the cup to spark wild celebrations from the 34-year-old Irishman.

Lowry - who also made an ace on the 16th at Augusta National during the 2016 Masters - said: "You play this game, just special things happen sometimes. It's pretty cool to do it there, one of the most iconic holes in golf.

"Yeah, what can I say? It was a special thing to happen, and I'm looking forward to turning on my phone and seeing the messages I've got. Not only that, it put me back in the tournament somewhat. So it was amazing."

At five under par when play was halted due to darkness, Lowry had four holes of his third round to complete and was four shots off the lead held by India's Anirban Lahiri, who has seven holes remaining.

Casey made a triple-bogey seven on his first hole of the $20million event on Thursday, but fought back to card an opening 70 and added a bogey-free 69 on Sunday which included a birdie from 50ft on the par-three 17th.

"I don't know if I've ever had two full days off at a tournament," Casey said in reference to the bad weather which meant some players who teed off early on Thursday did not play again until Sunday.

"It's been weird. It started with a triple bogey on Thursday to start my championship but I ground out two under, which I was immensely happy with, especially as I knew there was going to be a delay of some sort.

"I know I got the lucky side of the draw. I'm very aware of that. And it's been interesting watching the guys battle on the other