DOONBEG, Ireland — Shane Lowry gave his home crowd and President Donald Trump plenty to cheer Sunday when he turned a four-shot lead into a runaway at Doonbeg, closing with a 7-under 63 to break the Irish Open record with an 11-shot victory.
Lowry began stretching out his arms as the ball was still a few feet from the cup. The way the week had gone, it was the only fitting conclusion. “I’m so happy. “But look at this. I felt like he never got going with his season after that. “To see him in contention out there, obviously the whole country would love to see him get it done, me included. “I can’t believe I’m standing here on top of the leaderboard. How far ahead are we? So I was happy with that.”
His final act was a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th green. Knocked him back a little bit,” Rory McIlroy said after he closed with a 67 to tie for 41st. I said to my caddie — I didn’t know how I was doing — I said to him on 14 after I holed that birdie putt, ‘How are we doing?
“This is incredible,” Lowry said, wiping away tears. “I said walking down the last, obviously Portrush was incredible, last year was incredible, and I feel like I can’t better it,” Lowry said. “I just don’t do things half-measures,” Lowry said with a grin. He said, ‘Far enough.
“He had a big chance earlier this year at the Cognizant.
