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.
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With the US team charging and the crowd raging, Lowry stood over a six-footer for a birdie to halve the match and give Europe the crucial half-point they needed to retain the Ryder Cup. With the weight of a continent on his shoulders, he buried it.
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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