Shane Lowry proved golf is the game played on the six inch course between the ears when he put three average rounds behind him to move up from fifth to third in the Race to Dubai after the closing 66 in the Turkish Airlines Open.

An emotional Victor Dubuisson is targeting another Ryder Cup appearance after winning the Turkish Airlines Open for the second time in three years, as Rory McIlroy’s challenge fizzled out in Antalya.

European Ryder Cup heroes Victor Dubuisson, Jamie Donaldson and Miguel Angel Jimenez have become the latest stars to confirm their plans to play Royal Co Down in two weeks as the entry deadline closed for this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.