Masters Sunday 'one of the weirdest days ever' for Shane Lowry but he could only be happy for Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy said some of the reaction to his Masters victory has been "humbling". He and Shane Lowry team up this week to defend their Zurich Classic title at TPC Louisiana.

Rory McIlroy said winning the Zurich Classic with Shane Lowry last year "injected a little bit of joy back into golf". Pic: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

On the 15th during the final round at the Masters, Shane Lowry – well out of contention at that stage – turned to his caddie Darren Reynolds after Rory McIlroy double bogeyed the 13th. Lowry was thinking a fortnight to the Zurich Classic, a tournament which he and McIlroy won as playing partners the previous year.

“I said to Darren, ‘No matter what happens the next few holes, I think we're going to do well to get him to New Orleans.’ If things didn't go his way, I didn’t think he'd want to be here, and I thought if things did go his way, he'd want to be somewhere else.”