Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy tied for 19th place
Rory McIlroy plays a shot from a bunker on the eighth hole during the final round of The Pplayers Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Photograph: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
Thing is, the quality of golf – on a day of little breeze and perfect conditions – was such that Scheffler had to wait ... and wait ... and wait as one pretender to his crown after another followed on the pristine turf of the Pete Dye-designed course. Schauffele, from the pine straws, hit his approach to 60 feet. The impossible ask proved too much. But Clark, with a driving iron off the tee, hit his approach to 17 feet. Incredibly, Clark’s putt – seeking three birdies in a row to finish – somehow stayed above ground as it horseshoed out. Like Schauffele’s, an impossible ask.
For Lowry, who’d finished fourth and third in the Cognizant Classic and the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a final round 66 for nine-under-par 279 again demonstrated just how comfortable he is in his own skin as he improved his position on the FedEx Cup standings from 30th to 25th. McIlroy, who is tinkering with his swing, said of his first top-20 finish on the PGA Tour this year: “I think overall I probably made a little bit of progress from this time last Sunday at the Arnold Palmer, so, yeah, it’s there. I think, after the first round my expectations sort of went sky high because I was like, ‘oh, I think I’ve figured it out’. Then the last three days were a little bit more of a struggle.
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