Golfpocalypse dives into the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic team event, questioning whether the format works, highlighting key pairings and picking out the most entertaining groups to watch.
Shane Lowry’s three-shot lead evaporated on the 16th at the 2026 Cognizant Classic, leaving Nico Echavarria to seize victory. Here’s how the drama unfolded on the PGA Tour’s final holes.
A rogue $1 Friday morning PGA Tour pool, a reality check on the Cognizant Classic field, Brooks Koepka’s cameo, Shane Lowry’s “curse” and a takedown of the Bear Trap. It’s another chaotic edition of Golfpocalypse.
Shane Lowry spoke powerfully after a 72nd hole meltdown cost him at least a spot in a playoff at the DP World Tour’s Dubai Invitational, where he and Rory McIlroy were among the big names upstaged by Spain’s Nacho Elvira.
Golf Channel announced the full rosters for its upcoming “Optum Golf Channel Games,” a new rapid-fire golf competition set to take place in primetime on December 17.
Cameras had a close-up view of Lowry’s ball in the rough as he took a practice swing at the 12th hole, and the ball visibly moved after his iron passed through the nearby grass.
Shane Lowry unleashing F-bomb rants during golf tournaments is certainly nothing new. He did it at this year’s PGA Championship. He did it at last year’s Open Championship. He, well, you get the point. But what happened on Friday was still a bit shocking from the Irishman.
The US Open is as much a mental test as it is physical. Still, the rules violation Shane Lowry found himself in Friday afternoon at Oakmont was so absurd that he and Rory McIlroy could only laugh at it.
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