Lowry puts Augusta into view

After weeks when he could virtually smell the scent of those Augusta azaleas, Shane Lowry has at last joined the elite top-50 club on the back of a final round 66 to secure fifth place in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

However it’s still too early to be sorting out Masters guest tickets, as there is five weeks of world ranking points on offer before the new World No. 47 receives any envelope postmarked Augusta, GA.

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson captured his first event of the year in successfully defending the event when he birdied his closing two holes to slam the door shut on his three Gleneagles victory colleagues in World No.1 Rory McIlroy (68), Justin Rose (69) and Victor Dubuisson (68) and win by two shots with a 16-under par tally.