So close, and yet so far. Shane Lowry rode the thin line between victor and vanquished in a final round of the RBC Heritage Classic at Harbour Town Golf Links at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina where, for the second straight week, he had to accept his fate of missing out and finishing in tied-third as Jordan Spieth went to extra holes to get the job done.
For so much of the final round, after a shaky start, Lowry was streamlining his way towards a first tour win since his Claret Jug success of 2019 but, almost from nowhere, his fate was decided on the Par 3 14th hole where a poor tee shot into a waste area in the trees was followed by a pitch that saw his ball roll through the green and over the railway sleepers into the water.
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- April 18, 2022
