'F*** this place!' — Shane Lowry fumes over embedded ball at Quail Hollow

Shane Lowry had pleaded his case with a rules official but was given no relief. 

PITCH BATTLE: Shane Lowry frustrated by embedded ball during second round at PGA Championship.

Shane Lowry's dislike of Quail Hollow looks to have turned to open disdain after the Offaly man was left irate after being denied relief for a ball that was left embedded in a pitch mark during Friday's second round.

Fighting to make the cut after an opening-round 73, Lowry was moving in the right direction at 1-under for his round when he reached the eighth. But, in a week where the splodgy surfaces in Charlotte had left the pros railing against mud balls, Lowry's drive landed, bounced a couple of times and plugged into another player's pitchmark.