SHANE LOWRY WILL need a super Sunday to climb the leaderboard at the Saudi International.
Lowry followed up Friday’s level-par 70 with the same score on Saturday, his birdie on the opening hole cancelled out by his sole bogey at the 11th.
It leaves him in a share of 22nd place on two-under par for the tournament, nine shots behind leaders Adri Arnaus and Harold Varner III at the time of writing.
Tommy Fleetwood leads the chasing pack on nine-under par while Cameron Smith is a shot further back on eight-under.
Meanwhile, at the Ras al Khaimah Championship in the United Arab Emirates, a late double bogey proved costly for Pádraig Harrington.
Harrington’s six at the par-four 17th forced him to settle for a level-par 72 and a share of 49th place.
He is on five-under par, 15 shots adrift of leader Nicolai Hojgaard.
