Shane Lowry believes he can take loads of learnings into the Hero Dubai Desert Basic after being left ‘damage’ by his final-hole disappointment on the Dubai Invitational on Sunday.
Lowry got here agonisingly near claiming a primary DP World Tour title for the reason that 2022 BMW PGA Championship and first worldwide success since April 2024 on the season opener, the place he moved high of the leaderboard throughout an eventful last spherical.
The Irishman charged into rivalry after three birdies in his first 4 holes and held a one-shot lead heading into the 72nd gap, the place he discovered the greenside bunker together with his second shot into the closing par-four earlier than discovering water together with his third.
Highlights from day 4 of the Dubai Invitational at Dubai Creek Resort, the place Nacho Elvira snatched victory
A closing double-bogey dropped Lowry to tied-third and two strokes behind winner Nacho Elvira, though the 38-year-old is eager to take positives from that efficiency into this week’s Rolex Collection occasion – dwell on Thursday from 4am on Sky Sports activities Golf.
“I believe you may’t be silly and say ‘oh, let’s simply overlook about final week and transfer on – I believe you must have a look at what you realized from it,” Lowry stated in his pre-tournament press convention. “I really feel such as you’re all the time studying week-to-week, day-to-day, and like final week is not any completely different.
“The beauty of golf is that even when I received final week, you are still right here as one other participant this week and you are still right here teeing it up on Thursday and also you’re desirous to play nicely. It doesn’t matter what went behind you, it would not change something going ahead.”
On how he handled lacking out on victory, Lowry added: “I believe simply a variety of open and trustworthy conversations with my coaches, my crew and myself and my caddie [on] what we did mistaken, what can we do higher. There are definitely a couple of issues – it wasn’t simply the final gap final week.
Shane Lowry narrowly missed out on Dubai Invitational victory on Sunday, having led at factors through the last day
“I most likely had a couple of too many three-putts final week. I had a couple of occasions the place I most likely dropped foolish photographs, so it wasn’t simply the final gap final week that permit me down. It was a couple of issues alongside the way in which. I felt like I performed some nice golf and I believe it’s essential have a look at that and have a look at the positives and convey them ahead.”
Lowry additionally completed runner-up to McIlroy on the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am and Sepp Straka on the Truist Championship on the PGA Tour final season, with previous experiences serving to him bounce again from Sunday’s disappointment.
Highlights from the fourth spherical of the 2025 Truist Championship, the place Shane Lowry narrowly missed out on victory
“Do not get me mistaken, if I did that at The Masters, it could take me much more than a day to recover from it,” Lowry defined. “It is clear that it has been some time since I’ve received a event, so to get a win at any event – on both of the excursions I play – can be very nice.
“Like final week damage. Did it damage as a lot as like a extremely huge occasion, a significant or one thing? No, completely not. I nonetheless need to win. I nonetheless tee it up each week desirous to win.
“That is what’s exhausting about this recreation, is not it. There are many gamers who performed final week which might be over on the vary now looking for their recreation, however they did not really feel as dangerous as I did leaving Dubai Creek [Resort] on Sunday night.
“That is the humorous factor about golf – I’ve most likely performed near 400 tournaments in my profession and I’ve solely received seven. You lose much more than you win, so that you get used to dropping as knowledgeable golfer.
Shane Lowry has made a hole-in-one on the three most iconic par-threes on this planet, earlier than holing the putt that noticed Europe retain the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black
“There are particular weeks the place you end fifth and also you’re joyful, or third and also you’re joyful, however most of the time, you permit a event on the Sunday night and you are not proud of your self. You get used to it and also you be taught to cope with it and transfer on and have a look at the longer term.”
Tyrrell Hatton returns as defending champion on the Hero Dubai Desert Basic, received 4 occasions by Rory McIlroy. Lowry, McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland are among the many different members of Europe’s Ryder Cup crew in motion.
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