As Justin Thomas rallied after an opening 78 to card a course record-equalling 62 to shoot up the leaderboard, Lowry looked to be heading for a weekend off. He dropped early shots at the fifth and eighth to slip three shots outside the projected cut line. But despite battling an ice-cold putter, he birdied the par-five 11th, then made an eight-footer at the 14th to get to within one shot of the cut line on level par. He needed to pick up at least one shot coming in and got his break at the treacherous 17th, where he hit a superb approach to four feet and brushed in the putt. He parred the last to add a 71 to his opening 72 and eventually made the last two rounds with nothing to spare. He’s just ten strokes behind leaders Min Woo Lee and Akshay Bhatia, who lead by a shot on 11-under from JJ Spaun and by two from Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa and Alex Smalley. Seamus Power also birdied the 17th but a one-under 71 left him four shots outside the cut mark on three-over after the damage was done by an opening 76. US Ryder Cup star Thomas was the big winner in the afternoon wave as he made 11 birdies in his first 17 holes before finding water with his approach to the 18th. His 62 still matched Tom Hoge’s course record and catapulted him to 29th on four-under. “That was one of the best rounds I've played, for sure,” Thomas said. “Mentally, it was the biggest thing. “I felt like I did an unbelievable job of just staying, keeping my eyes forward, keeping my blinders on, not looking backwards, forwards, anything like that. “It was just, how can I put this ball in the fairway off the tee, and then how can I make birdie, and let's rinse and repeat. I putted the ball beautifully, too—just one of those days.” Tom McKibbin carded a four-under 67 at LIV Golf Singapore to move up to tied 25th on one under. He’s ten shots behind Joaquin Niemann (64) and Dustin Johnson (68), who lead by a shot on 11-under at Sentosa Golf Club from Sebastian Munoz, Cameron Tringale, Jason Kokrak and Lucas Herbert. Graeme McDowell’s 71 left him 51st in the 54-man field on seven over, while in the team competition, Johnson’s 4Aces had a five-shot lead over HyFlyers with McKibbin’s Legion XIII 11 shots off the pace in fifth. On the Ladies European Tour, Lauren Walsh fired a brilliant, bogey-free, five under 65 to move into contention at the Australian Women’s Classic. She’s tied for sixth on six-under at Coffs Harbour, just four shots behind Australia’s Sarah Kemp heading into the final round. Kemp shot an eight-under 62 to lead by two shots from Manon De Roey and Darcey Harry in ten-under. Elm Park’s Anna Foster was 24th on level par after a 69, but Annabel Wilson shot 74 to miss the four-over-par cut by a shot.