From Ali Stafford at Wentworth
Last Updated: 11/09/22 6:48 PM
Shane Lowry won the BMW PGA Championship by one shot
Shane Lowry ended a 38-month winless run on the DP World Tour, holding off Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm to claim an impressive win at the BMW PGA Championship.
Lowry made an eagle and five birdies to post a seven-under 65 and cap a week without a bogey at the Wentworth event, which was reduced to 54 holes after Friday’s play was canceled due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Irishman finished the week on 17 under and one ahead of Ryder Cup teammates McIlroy and Rahm, securing his sixth DP World Tour title and first since The Open at Royal Portrush in 2019.
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Jon Rahm finished his round with a 20-foot eagle putt to post a 62nd round of the day and put the clubhouse goal at 16 under.
Jon Rahm finished his round with a 20-foot eagle putt to post a 62nd round of the day and put the clubhouse goal at 16 under.
Lowry, heading into the final round two strokes off the lead, followed up with a 10-foot eagle at the first quarter, chipping in from the fringe at the seventh and converting a 25-foot birdie at the next to reach the turn at 31st.
The 35-year-old started the back nine with a birdie to move within one of Rahm, who had set the club target with a 62, before drawing level with the Spaniard by getting up and down a greenside bunker to take advantage from the par-five 12th.
Lowry’s win will move him back into the top 20 in the world
McIlroy also eagled the fourth earlier in the day but three-putted from distance to the eighth, only to respond with birdies at the 10th, 12th and hole-in-the-wall at the 15th to get within one of Lowry.
Lowry failed to find a birdie at the 17th but reached the par-5 18th green in two and two-putted from 20 feet for birdie, setting the clubhouse target, which was enough to win when McIlroy fell short to find an eagle with a final hole. to force a play-off.
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McIlroy’s eagle effort stopped inches short of the target and left him at 16 under, with Rahm at par after playing a five-hole stretch at six under around the turn and then canceling a bogey at the 15th with a birdie – eagle finish.
Talor Gooch finished as the highest-ranked member of LIV golf after a final-hole eagle capped a 67 to move him into fourth place, with Patrick Reed posting a bogey-free 63 to end the week in a four-way tie for fifth.
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Patrick Reed reflects on his final round 63 at Wentworth, which included nine birdies
Patrick Reed reflects on his final round 63 at Wentworth, which included nine birdies
Co-leaders Soren Kjeldsen and Viktor Hovland also finished on 14 under alongside Reed and Belgian Thomas Detry, while defending champion Billy Horschel gained a share of the ninth with Rafa Cabrera Bello, Francesco Molinari and Matthieu Pavon.
The DP World Tour season moves to Italy after the DS Automobiles Italian Open, which starts on Thursday and will be held at next year’s Ryder Cup venue, with McIlroy and US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick among those confirmed to will participate.
Watch the DS Autmobiles Italian Open live on Sky Sports. Live coverage begins on Thursday 15 September with Featured Teams from 7.30am. on Sky Sports Golf, ahead of full coverage from 12.30pm.
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