Many ifs and maybes for runner-up Lowry

Shane Lowry collected the biggest prize in his career thanks to a monster putt at the final hole but though the grin was huge and the ovation even bigger, there was one vital missing ingredient – a victory.

For all the positives that will accompany Lowry’s second place in the BMW PGA Championship yesterday evening, and there are plenty, there will also be the nagging feeling of a tournament win that got away.

His final-round, four-under-par 68 was a great round to overhaul a dominant overnight leader in Thomas Bjorn.