Putter woes give Lowry the blues

Shane Lowry paid a heavy price for a bout of anger at the Turkish Airlines Open yesterday.

The Offaly man learned moments before tee-off that his putter was unusable. Lowry had slammed shut the door of the scorer’s hut after Thursday’s opening round of 72 but, unbeknown to most, he later bent his putter shaft as well.

With no extra putters in his Maxx Royal clubhouse locker, it was left up to long-time caddy Dermot Bray to borrow a Ping putter from the pro shop.