Irish Open ultimate leaderboard
-23 S Lowry (Ire); -12 P Reed (US), J Niemann (Chi); -11 R Neergaard-Petersen (Den); -10 T McKibbin (NI), G De Leo (Ita)
Chosen others: -9 A Fitzpatrick (Eng), J Skov Olesen (Den); -8 E Ferguson (Sco); -7 P Waring (Eng); -6 S Garcia (Spa), M Wallace (Eng), R MacIntyre (Sco); -4 J Rahm (Spa), D Legislation (Sco), R Fisher (Eng); -3 L Nolan (Ire); -1 R McIlroy (NI), +2 B Koepka (US).
Shane Lowry produced a frontrunning masterclass to clinch a document 11-shot win on the Irish Open and finish his four-year await a person title in emphatic model.
The 39-year-old Irishman, who entered the ultimate spherical 4 strokes away from Jacob Skov Olesen, carded a seven-under 63 to win his nationwide open for the second time – 17 years after his first – amid joyous scenes at Trump Worldwide Golf Hyperlinks in Doonbeg, County Clare.
Below the watchful gaze of visiting US President Donald Trump – who offered him with the trophy – and roared dwelling by hundreds of followers, Lowry combined eight birdies and one bogey to canter to his first title since September 2022.
Having squandered possibilities to win in Dubai and Florida earlier this 12 months, Lowry was a research in depth and focus till the emotion poured out of him after he sunk a 29-foot birdie putt on the ultimate inexperienced.
“This 12 months has been fairly tough on the course for me,” mentioned the 2019 Open champion.
“I had a number of possibilities to win. To return right here this week and do that, I do not know, I simply do not do issues like half-measures.”
Lowry shot 67-62-65-63 for a match document rating of 257, whereas American Patrick Reed and Chile’s Joaquin Niemann shared second place on 12 below.
