‘still Not Sure’: Shane Lowry Casts Doubt Over Two-shot Penalty Decision At Open

Shane Lowry said he was conscious of his estimation aft accepting a two-stroke punishment for a rules infringement during nan 2nd information of nan Open. Lowry was adamant he did not spot his shot rotation backwards successful unsmooth astatine nan 12th spread during a believe swing, pinch officials determining he was successful breach of nan rules of golf.

Lowry was informed of a imaginable rumor connected nan 15th earlier elaborate chat aft he closed retired connected nan 18th green. Lowry’s 70 became a 72, leaving him 10 adrift of nan tourney leader, Scottie Scheffler, pinch his people connected nan 12th changed from 5 to seven.

“I was successful location pinch nan rules charismatic and wasn’t arguing my lawsuit but I’m disappointed that they don’t person much camera angles connected it,” Lowry said. “The 1 zoomed successful slow mobility … they’re trying to show maine if it doesn’t move from nan naked eye, if you don’t spot it moving, it didn’t move. I told them I decidedly was looking down towards nan shot arsenic I was taking that believe plaything and I didn’t spot it move.

“But I had to return nan penalty. I’m still not sure, to beryllium honest, whether it was aliases not, but I had to return nan punishment because I can’t person my sanction talked astir aliases tossed astir for illustration that and I conscionable get connected pinch it. It’s evidently very disappointing. I felt for illustration I played really, really good today. That’s difficult to take.”

Of nan post-round scene, Lowry said: “I deliberation they had their determination made. If nan shot moved and I caused it to move and it moved, it’s a two-shot penalty. The past point I want to do is beryllium location and reason and not return nan punishment and past get slaughtered each complete societal media coming for being a cheat. If nan shot moved, I would person called it connected myself. My caput was decidedly looking down astatine nan shot and I didn’t spot it moving. But I’m retired location signing for a 72 location now.”