Shane Lowry heads for quarantine as Irish Open shot ends in darkness at 18

“I hate missing the cut at the Irish Open.”

Shane Lowry walks off the 18th green after completing his round in the fading light. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Shane Lowry’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open came to an untimely end in the moonlight as his bid to win his national open for a second time came up short on the final hole.

Open champion Lowry was in the last group to complete his second round with play halted due to bad light with 27 golfers still on the course. One of them is Irish amateur James Sugrue, forced to mark his ball on the 17th hole, three over for his round so far but still right in the mix at level par following a difficult day for all at Galgorm Castle.