Shane Lowry: 'I’m disappointed but I’m more disappointed with my finish than my start'

In the space of just 20 minutes, Seamus Power, Padraig Harrington and Shane Lowry all came in to sign their first-round cards. Doping control pulled Power and Harrington aside but, perhaps wisely for their own good, let a stewing Lowry walk on by.

Thu, 15 May, 2025 - 20:14

Joe Callaghan, Charlotte

As a sticky Thursday turned steamy in the midday hour, PGA Championship drug testers swooped on to the patio outside the Scoring Office at Quail Hollow and appeared to be zeroing in on anyone with a Tricolour on the bag.

The response from the Irishmen called in to fill a tester’s cup appeared to be “haven’t we been tested enough already by this place ?” In the space of just 20 minutes, Seamus Power, Padraig Harrington and Shane Lowry all came in to sign their first-round cards. Doping control pulled Power and Harrington aside but, perhaps wisely for their own good, let a stewing Lowry walk on by.