BMW PGA Championship: Shane Lowry defeated Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm to win the BMW PGA Championship, snapping a 38-month winless streak on the DP World Tour.
After Friday’s play was cancelled due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the Wentworth event was truncated to 54 holes. Lowry finished the week with a seven-under 65 and a bogey-free round.
The Irishman won his sixth DP World Tour Championship and first since The Open at Royal Portrush in 2019 by finishing the week on 17 under par, one stroke better than his Ryder Cup teammates McIlroy and Rahm.
Lowry, who entered the final round two strokes behind the lead, started the round with an eagle at the par-five fourth and followed it up with a holeshot from the fringe at the seventh and a 25-foot birdie at the next to get to the turn in 31.
The 35-year-old pulled even with the Spaniard after getting up and down from a greenside bunker to take advantage of the par-five 12th, which he started his back nine with a birdie to make within one of Rahm, who had set the clubhouse target with a round-of-the-day 62.
When McIlroy was unable to make a final-hole eagle force a play-off, Lowry reached the par-five 18th green in two strokes and two-putted from 20 feet for birdie, setting the clubhouse target. This was enough to win the match.
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When Rahm played a five-hole stretch in six under around the turn and then overcame a bogey at the 15th with a birdie-birdie-eagle finish, he tied McIlroy for the lead at 16 under after his eagle try fell just inches short of the target.
Talor Gooch, who shot a final-hole eagle to finish in fourth place, was the highest-ranked LIV Golf player overall. Patrick Reed, who concluded the week in a four-way tie for fifth place, shot a bogey-free 63.
Along with Reed and Thomas Detry of Belgium, overnight co-leaders Soren Kjeldsen and Viktor Hovland also finished on 14 under. Meanwhile, defending champion Billy Horschel shared ninth place with Rafa Cabrera Bello, Francesco Molinari, and Matthieu Pavon.
The DS Automobiles Italian Open, which starts on Thursday at the site of the 2019 Ryder Cup, is the next stop on the DP World Tour. McIlroy and US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick are among the players who have already committed to competing.
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