Irish Open leader Shane Lowry is facing backlash after being caught saying a volunteer ‘deserved to get hit’.Lowry hooked his tee shot left on the 18th hole during the third round at Trump International Golf Links.Lowry leads the Irish Open at -16GettyThe ball headed towards a group of volunteers standing in the rough.The microphones on the ground could hear Lowry shout: “S***. FORE! FORE!“They deserved to get hit.”There has been outrage on social media for his comments caught by the on-course microphones.View Tweet: https://t.co/flrQmpYoWpAt the time of writing, Lowry has not addressed the incident.Lowry leads the Irish OpenThe 2019 Open winner currently has a four-shot lead at -16 going into the final round at the Irish Open.The 39-year-old carded a 65 on Saturday to go clear of his nearest challenger, Jacob Skov Olesen, at -12.Lowry is looking to win the Irish Open for the second time in his career.It has been a brilliant weekend for the Irishman, which included a record-breaking course record 62 on Friday.“It’s a big day for me tomorrow. I’m going out leading my home tournament and it would mean to the world to me to knock this one off,” he told RTÉ Sport.Lowry is looking to win the Irish Open for the second timeGetty“I’m going to have to put my head down, get back to work whenever my tee time is tomorrow and give it a run.”He added: “I was going out there with the lead, I knew the conditions weren’t that easy so people were going to have to play really well to shoot a good score.“I thought if I could shoot a good score I could kind of pull myself away a little bit.“I feel like I did a good job on the back nine today, I felt like I stayed in the fight the whole day and I did some great work on the back nine and very proud of myself.”Rory McIlroy’s hopes fadeWith US President Donald Trump watching on, Rory McIlroy‘s hopes of making a surge through the field were quickly dashed.He made two double bogeys on the front nine in his round of 74.McIlroy is currently tied-51st at +2GettyMcIlroy, who was looking for his ball on the third hole as Air Force One flew overhead, was due to attend a dinner with Trump on Saturday night.“I guess that’s not the experience we’re used to in a way. I think it’s Air Force One’s maiden voyage, so that was pretty cool,” McIlroy told reporters about the president’s arrival.“Cool to sort of see all that going on. I was trying to avoid making doubles at that point, so I was trying to concentrate on my own stuff as well.”