Victor Dubuisson’s title as Shane Lowry straightens up

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.

The Clara ace straightened out his swing overnight and missed just one green in regulation as he compiled a six under par closing round to snatch eighth place on 15 under par, one stroke behind a misfiring Rory McIlroy (71) and seven adrift of a resurgent champion, Victor Dubuisson.

The emotional, 25-year old Frenchman, who had fallen more than 50 places to 69th in the world since January and suffered an alarming loss of form, made his third birdie in four holes at the 18th for a 66 and a one-stroke win over South Africa’s Jaco Van Zyl on 22 under par.