NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland, May 30 (Reuters) - World number nine Rickie Fowler's chances of claiming a second straight win disappeared when he finished with two eights in the Irish Open third round at Royal County Down on Saturday.
While the American was sliding down the leaderboard, Dane Soren Kjeldsen was taking a grip of the European Tour event, a four-under 67 giving him a two-stroke advantage over the field on seven-under 206.
Fowler holed a chip shot for an eagle two on 16 to move to two-under-par but then sent his tee shot out of bounds before losing his third in gorse bushes as he slumped to a quadruple bogey.