Three shots clear heading into the weekend on home soil is exactly the kind of position every Irish golf fan dreams about for Lowry. The wind factor you mentioned is huge too; tournaments like this always expose who can actually adapt versus who's just used to perfect PGA conditions.

Bit of a shame you couldn't grab tickets, but watching Lowry try to close this out from the pub tomorrow sounds like the ideal way to catch the finale anyway. Hope he holds his nerve; home victories like this don't come around often 🇮🇪⛳