'It’s mental torture' - Shane Lowry reveals struggles after US Open third round

'It’s torture out there, honestly it’s absolute mental torture.'

Shane Lowry believes level par could win the US Open at Pinehurst (George Walker IV/AP)

With a clutch up-and-down par on 18, Shane Lowry walked off Pinehurst No. 2 with a level-par 70 in the third round of the U.S. Open and a broad smile across his face as if he’d stolen something from the field playing behind him.

“Honestly, absolute mental torture, really,” he said with a laugh. “Like that’s the best level par I’ve ever shot in my life. Honestly. Every single shot you have, every shot, even if you have a good shot, every single shot is brutally difficult. I’m looking forward to sit back and watch everybody in the afternoon. It should be interesting.”