Shane Lowry takes positives to Bethpage despite cold putter

Shane Lowry of Ireland acknowledges the crowd after finishing his round during the final round of the Amgen Irish Open Golf Championship 2025 at The K Club in Straffan, Kildare. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Shane Lowry will head to Wentworth and next week’s BMW PGA Championship in confident mood despite shooting what he felt was the worst score he could have imagined for the Amgen Irish Open.

The world number 23 left the K Club on Sunday having carded a closing fourth round 71 to finish at seven under par for 72 holes. Hopes of a repeat of his 2009 heroics as an amateur in his home national Open all but disappeared with a third-round, two-under 70 on Saturday and 24 hours later it once again was a cold putter that was the root cause of his disappointment.