Irish duo Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.
At the end of the fourth round, Lowry bested McIlroy on the 18th green by sinking a birdie putt, extending the tournament as he joined Martin Trainer and Chad Ramey at 25 under at TPC Louisiana.
The American pair were among the early starters, moving up 26 places on the leaderboard with a round of 63 that included seven birdies on the back nine, but a nearly three-hour wait to see if their scores would hold meant they were through. playing looks rusty. And after Ramey pulled his second shot left and continued down the fairway, Coach came up short in his attempt to reach the green.
That gave Ryder Cup teammates McIlroy and Lowry a clear advantage despite the latter hitting the sand on his second shot, but after Lowry missed a putt, they needed the coach to narrowly miss his own to seal victory – McIlroy's PGA Tour victory of the 25th. .
“We had a lot of fun doing it and it's just a bonus to win at the end”
“It's absolutely amazing,” McIlroy said. “We had a great week here in New Orleans. The crowd was amazing, getting the support we had out there. We had a lot of fun doing it and it's just a bonus to win at the end. It won't be better than doing it with this man by my side.”
Lowry added: “Good. I felt very needed. Going into the week we felt we could do with a big jump in the FedEx Cup, let's get 400 points apiece and that's what we did. I feel bad for taking them because Rory took them for me, but I'm taking them.”
Before leaving the TPC Louisiana course, McIlroy and Lowry took the stage while popular local cover band Bag of Donuts played a post-tournament concert. The band handed McIlroy a microphone, and he entertained the crowd, singing Journey's “Don't Stop Believin'.”
“The reason Shane and I started playing golf is because we thought it was fun at some point in our lives,” McIlroy said. “Getting a little bit of that fun back in a week like this, can always help.”
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