Offaly man bounces back from double bogey on the 11th hole for strong finish and clubhouse lead
Ireland's Shane Lowry reacts to a near birdie on the 17th during day two of The Open.
Lowry compiled five birdies, jumping out of the stalls on the first and claiming further birdies on the eighth, the famed Postage Stamp, and also on the par 5 16th, where he had an eagle look, and the 18th. The manner of his recovery from that double-bogey six on the 11th, where he was disturbed by a photographer as he played his second shot which then flew left into gorse bushes, was hugely impressive. He regained his composure, splitting fairway after fairway thereafter, and the reward for Lowry’s composed response was delivered with two birdies in his closing three holes. Indeed, he almost made it a hat-trick as his attempt on the par 3 17th lipped the cup.
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