Shane Lowry addresses controversial 18th tee box comments

Shane Lowry has addressed the controversial comment he made at the 18th tee box during the third round of the Amgen Irish Open.

The Offaly man had been frustrated by movement on the fairway as he prepared to play, eventually hooking the shot well left towards a crosswalk area and suggesting that the people there ‘deserve to get hit’.

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