{"id":1242038,"date":"2023-02-22T16:43:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/shane-lowry-feels-he-has-been-repaid-for-bad-luck-suffered-at-honda-classic\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:56:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:56:39","slug":"shane-lowry-feels-he-has-been-repaid-for-bad-luck-suffered-at-honda-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/shane-lowry-feels-he-has-been-repaid-for-bad-luck-suffered-at-honda-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Lowry feels he has been repaid for bad luck suffered at Honda Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shane Lowry believes he has already been repaid for the bad luck which derailed his bid for victory in last year\u2019s Honda Classic.<\/p>\n

Lowry was caught in a sudden downpour on the 72nd hole and was unable to birdie the par five as Austria\u2019s Sepp Straka had done in the group ahead to take the lead.<\/p>\n

The former Open champion felt being caught up in the driving rain was \u201cas bad a break as I\u2019ve got in a while\u201d, but went on to have a successful season which included victory in the BMW PGA Championship and a tie for third in the Masters.<\/p>\n

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Shane Lowry won the BMW PGA Championship in September last year (Adam Davy\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cLast year\u2019s runner-up finish was obviously very disappointing,\u201d Lowry told a pre-tournament press conference ahead of this week\u2019s Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a two-shot lead with five to play. I didn\u2019t feel like I did much wrong the last five holes out here, which is tough to do because it\u2019s obviously a very tough stretch of golf and I got beat by Sepp in the end.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was disappointing at the time, but I remember it kind of kickstarted a nice consistent run of golf for me and I played well going into the Masters then and stuff like that. It gave me a lot of confidence for the year ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about the 18th hole in last year\u2019s final round, Lowry added: \u201cIt was one of those where I stand on the tee and torrential rain starts and I already see Sepp sort of 330 yards down the middle of the fairway.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, if it didn\u2019t rain, the probability was I might have made birdie and got into a play-off, but it wasn\u2019t a God-given right to win.<\/p>\n

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“I feel like I played the golf to win”<\/p>\n

Despite coming up short at PGA National Shane Lowry was proud of his performance at the Honda Classic.@ShaneLowryGolf<\/a> I @TheHondaClassic<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/e6IzTwEYWF<\/a><\/p>\n

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