Robert MacIntyre wary of 'a disaster around the corner' as he chases down victory at the 2024 Irish Open

Robert MacIntyre is one of the contenders at the 2024 Irish Open. With a score of 3-under, the golfer is tied at T3 with Rasmus Hojgaard and Eric Van Rooyen.

After the third round, MacIntyre attended a press conference at Royal County Down GC where he was asked if he could relax after securing a decent spot on the leaderboard. The Scottish golfer shook his head, saying there were chances of 'a disaster' with the wind at the tournament venue.

“No, not at all. I said to Mike out there, it feels like there's a disaster around the corner at any moment. 18, with that wind, there's nowhere. You can't miss it anywhere. You hit a good tee shot, your second shot is what bunker you're trying to avoid. Try to hit as far up the hole as you can and seemed to work,” Robert MacIntyre said ( via ASAP Sports).

In the same presser, the 28-year-old was asked about his thoughts on the possibility of winning the Irish Open after having bagged the Scottish Open trophy earlier this season. Robert MacIntyre replied:

“Look, winning any golf tournament is special but winning one close to home; Oban is not too far away on the west coast of Scotland. I want to win every tournament I'm out there but there's so much that goes into it. Today was a day that I got myself right in position. What I set out to do at the start of the week was give myself a chance come Sunday.”

On Sunday, September 15, Robert MacIntyre will be playing the final round of the 2024 Irish Open.

Besides Robert MacIntyre, where do others stand after the third round of the 2024 Irish Open?

While Robert MacIntyre is in T3, home favorite Rory McIlroy is leading the Irish Open with 6-under. Fellow Irishman Shane Lowry is tied at T30 with Bernd Wiesberger. They are eight shots behind McIlroy at 2-over. European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is 12 shots behind McIlroy at 6-over in T53.

Other golfers such as Thriston Lawrence, Shubhankar Sharma, and James Morrison are at T47, T36, and T21 with 5-over, 3-over, and 1-over, respectively. Here's the list of standings after the third round of the Irish Open:

• 1 Rory McIlroy -6
• 2 Matteo Manassero -5
• T3 Robert MacIntyre -3
• T3 Jordan Smith -3
• T3 Rasmus Højgaard -3
• T3 Erik van Rooyen -3
• T7 Adrian Otaegui -2
• T7 Aaron Cockerill -2
• T7 Calum Hill -2
• T7 Laurie Canter -2
• T11 Filippo Celli -1
• T11 Daniel Brown -1
• T13 Tom McKibbin E
• T13 Aaron Rai E
• T13 Rikuya Hoshino E
• T13 Matthew Baldwin E
• T13 Freddy Schott E
• T13 Sami Välimäki E
• T13 Jaco Prinsloo E
• T13 Alejandro Del Rey E
• T21 Casey Jarvis +1
• T21 Séamus Power +1
• T21 John Catlin +1
• T21 Nacho Elvira +1
• T21 Joost Luiten +1
• T21 Alex Fitzpatrick +1
• T21 Adrien Saddier +1
• T21 Grant Forrest +1
• T21 James Morrison +1
• T30 Andrea Pavan +2
• T30 Thorbjørn Olesen +2
• T30 Bernd Wiesberger +2
• T30 Shane Lowry +2
• T30 Jannik De Bruyn +2
• T30 Ewen Ferguson +2
• T36 Renato Paratore +3
• T36 Darius Van Driel +3
• T36 Maximilian Kieffer +3
• T36 Marco Penge +3
• T36 Richard Mansell +3
• T36 Jimmy Walker +3
• T36 Marcus Armitage +3
• T36 Shubhankar Sharma +3
• T36 Jens Dantorp +3
• T45 Will Enefer +4
• T45 Connor Syme +4
• T47 Alexander Knappe +5
• T47 Brandon Stone +5
• T47 Thriston Lawrence +5
• T47 Thomas Aiken +5
• T47 Niklas Norgaard +5
• T47 Frederic LaCroix +5
• T53 Luke Donald +6
• T53 Paul Waring +6
• T53 Santiago Tarrio +6
• T53 Antoine Rozner +6
• T53 Oliver Wilson +6
• T58 Jason Scrivener +7
• T58 Søren Kjeldsen +7
• T58 Joe Dean +7
• T61 Jeong weon Ko +8
• T61 David Law +8
• T61 Julien Guerrier +8
• T64 Gavin Green +9
• T64 Todd Clements +9
• T66 Sam Jones +10
• T66 Seán Keeling (a) +10
• 68 Ashun Wu +13