Shane Lowry Wins Irish Open by File 11 Pictures at Doonbeg, Eclipsing Jon Rahm’s Mark

Shane Lowry produced one of the vital dominant performances in Irish Open historical past on Sunday, successful his dwelling occasion at Doonbeg by a document 11-shot margin to say a second Irish Open title and shatter the earlier document held by Jon Rahm.

Lowry led all through the ultimate spherical and turned what may have been a tense closing day right into a procession, his ball-striking and course administration on the Doonbeg hyperlinks leaving the sector unable to mount any significant problem. At one level in the course of the week he posted a course-record 62 — a spherical that set the tone for the margin of victory that adopted.

“I can’t believe it,” Lowry stated after ending, and his disbelief was comprehensible: an 11-shot successful margin at any DP World Tour occasion could be extraordinary, however on the Irish Open, on his dwelling course, in entrance of Irish galleries who’ve celebrated his profession since his Open Championship victory, it reaches one other degree totally.

The outcome shatters the earlier Irish Open successful margin document attributed to Jon Rahm and offers Lowry an indelible place within the occasion’s historical past. His second Irish Open title, achieved with such authority, will likely be remembered because the week he did not simply win — he overwhelmed.

For the DP World Tour, the efficiency provides a well timed reminder of what Lowry is able to when every thing clicks.