Sunday 28 May 2017 19:47, UK
Shane Lowry will look to build on the positive aspects of his week at the BMW PGA Championship, despite his late mistakes on the final day at Wentworth.
Lowry put himself in with a great chance of a first win since lifting the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title in August 2015 when he reeled off five birdies in six holes on the front nine to jump into a share of the lead.
But after Alex Noren set the clubhouse target at 11 under with a stunning 62, Lowry's challenge stalled in the rain and he fell down the leaderboard when he snap-hooked his drive out-of-bounds at the 15th and ran up a double-bogey.
The Irishman then endured short-game troubles at the 17th and needed seven to get down, although he managed to finish in style with a closing eagle that lifted him back to seven under par, earning a top-six finish.
"I feel that eagle at 18 was a lot more than I deserved," he said. "I'm fairly disappointed at the minute. You know, when I got up to the 12th, I looked at the scoreboard and I saw Alex had got to 11 under, so I knew what I needed to do.
"But we got a bit of rain which didn't help our cause, and I just hit a bad tee shot on 15. Then I had a bit of a brain fart on 17, so it was nice to eagle the last. If I'd walked away finishing 10th or 11th here, I would have been very disappointed.
"So it's a decent week, a few World Ranking points, a few Race to Dubai points, and now I've got to build on my best week in a while. I started like a train and my putter felt fantastic all day. I mean, I burnt the edges even when they weren't going in. So there were a lot of positives I suppose.
"I've got The Memorial next week, and I've just got to build on this now and try and perform over there. I need to drive the ball a bit better, as I drove it quite poorly most of the week.
"But my iron play and my short game and my putting were fantastic. I've been battling for months to try to get my putting right, and then get my putting right and my driving goes a little bit. So that's what this game does."
