Shane Lowry suffered final-round heartbreak on the Masters, whereas Rory McIlroy celebrated one other victory.
Shane Lowry throughout a depressing ultimate Masters spherical. (Picture: Getty Pictures)
Shane Lowry stayed behind at Augusta Nationwide to congratulate his shut pal Rory McIlroy after the 36-year-old claimed his second Inexperienced Jacket in a row. McIlroy secured back-to-back Masters titles, holding off Scottie Scheffler and Cameron Younger whereas additionally surpassing £9.6million in profession earnings on the Masters, greater than another participant within the match’s historical past.
Lowry and McIlroy have been shut mates for a very long time, having represented the European Ryder Cup aspect collectively on quite a few events, and Lowry remained shut by at Augusta Nationwide to be amongst the primary to embrace the six-time main champion.
Lowry did so the earlier 12 months when McIlroy accomplished his profession Grand Slam, with out his dad and mom current within the crowd. This time round, nevertheless, Lowry slipped down the leaderboard and out of rivalry after carding an eight-over 80 within the ultimate spherical to disclaim him a a lot greater payday.
“So it is simply there are little issues that occur that simply begin to make you second-guess issues. It is simply very exhausting to remain on the correct — not in the correct spot mentally, however the identical spot mentally for a protracted time frame.”
This text first appeared on Mirror US.
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