Shane Lowry might have needed a pep talk from his manager to stick to his plan to play in Denmark this week, but the Offaly man knows he still has a chance to persuade Darren Clarke that he deserves a Ryder Cup wildcard.

Graeme McDowell confessed the hole looks “pretty big” again after he rediscovered his driving and putting touch and fired his lowest round for three and a half years to grab the clubhouse lead the OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Mexico.