Shane Lowry believes he can take loads of learnings into the Hero Dubai Desert Basic after being left ‘harm’ by his final-hole disappointment on the Dubai Invitational on Sunday.
Lowry got here agonisingly near claiming a primary DP World Tour title because the 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 remaining spherical.
The Irishman charged into competition 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.
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 Sequence occasion – reside on Thursday from 4am on Sky Sports activities Golf.
“I think you can’t be stupid and say ‘oh, let’s just forget about last week and move on – I think you have to look at what you learned from it,” Lowry stated in his pre-tournament press convention. “I really feel such as you’re at all times studying week-to-week, day-to-day, and like final week is not any completely different.
“The great thing about golf is that even if I won last week, you’re still here as another player this week and you’re still here teeing it up on Thursday and you’re wanting to play well. No matter what went behind you, it doesn’t change anything going forward.”
On how he handled lacking out on victory, Lowry added: “I feel simply a number of open and trustworthy conversations with my coaches, my staff and myself and my caddie [on] what we did flawed, 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 remaining day
“I probably had a few too many three-putts last week. I had a few times where I probably dropped silly shots, so it wasn’t just the last hole last week that let me down. It was a few things along the way. I felt like I played some great golf and I think you need to look at that and look at the positives and bring them forward.”
Lowry additionally completed runner-up to McIlroy on the AT&T Pebble Seaside 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.
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Highlights from the fourth spherical of the 2025 Truist Championship, the place Shane Lowry narrowly missed out on victory
“Don’t get me wrong, if I did that at The Masters, it would take me a lot more than a day to get over it,” Lowry defined. “It’s clear that it’s been a while since I’ve won a tournament, so to get a win at any tournament – on either of the tours I play – would be really nice.
“Like final week harm. Did it harm as a lot as like a extremely large occasion, a serious or one thing? No, completely not. I nonetheless wish to win. I nonetheless tee it up each week desirous to win.
“That’s what’s hard about this game, isn’t it. There are plenty of players who played last week that are over on the range now trying to find their game, but they didn’t feel as bad as I did leaving Dubai Creek [Resort] on Sunday evening.
“That is the humorous factor about golf – I’ve in all probability performed near 400 tournaments in my profession and I’ve solely gained seven. You lose much more than you win, so that you get used to dropping as knowledgeable golfer.
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Shane Lowry has made a hole-in-one on the three most iconic par-threes on the planet, earlier than holing the putt that noticed Europe retain the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black
“There are certain weeks where you finish fifth and you’re happy, or third and you’re happy, but more often than not, you leave a tournament on the Sunday evening and you’re not happy with yourself. You get used to it and you learn to deal with it and move on and look at the future.”
Tyrrell Hatton returns as defending champion on the Hero Dubai Desert Basic, gained 4 instances by Rory McIlroy. Lowry, McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland are among the many different members of Europe’s Ryder Cup staff in motion.
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