Bruised Shane Lowry still swinging

Shane Lowry brushed off an elbow to the face to maintain his lofty position near the top of the British Masters leader board at Woburn.

Lowry added a two under par 69 to move to seven under par - two shots behind the leading duo of Soren Kjeldsen (68) and England’s 21-year old Matthew Fitzpatrick (69).

Lowry was sporting bruised temple sustained when celebrated Shane Long’s sensational goal in the Republic of Ireland’s shock 1-0 win over Germany on Thursday night.