Lowry misses out on a play-off at the RBC Heritage

Shane Lowry was left to ruminate on what might have been after he missed out on a play-off at the final round of the RBC Heritage in South Carolina.

The Irishman started the day one shot off the lead and as conditions turned at the course, he showed his mettle with a streak of birdies on the fourth, fifth and sixth holes to stake a claim.

Lowry moved to -14 and the outright lead with a birdie on the 11th but disaster struck on the par-3 14th when he found the water with his second shot and eventually holed for a double bogey.

That mistake saw Lowry drop back to -12 alongside a host of players after Jordan Speith had made a long birdie putt on his final hole to move to -13.

The Offaly man knew he needed to find a birdie in the final few holes to force his way into a play-off but a forceful birdie putt on the 17th refused to drop and when he found the bunker on the 18th, his chance appeared to be over.

Lowry did manage to scramble par on that final hole but it wasn't enough, as Patrick Cantlay bagged a birdie on the 17th to join Speith on -13, as Lowry had to settled for a share on third on -12.

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