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Irish Open: 'I can't believe it'

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Matt Gault
Irish Open: 'I can't believe it'
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Shane Lowry won the Irish Open with a record-breaking 11-shot victory at Trump International Golf Links. This win marks his first individual title since 2022 and his second national open victory.

Why it matters

The victory is a significant career milestone for Lowry, ending a long title drought and setting a new tournament scoring record.

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Lowry sprinted clear of the field to clinch his first individual win since 2022

-23 S Lowry (Ire); -12 P Reed (US), J Niemann (Chi); -11 R Neergaard-Petersen (Den); -10 T McKibbin (NI), G De Leo (Ita)

Selected others: -9 A Fitzpatrick (Eng), J Skov Olesen (Den); -8 E Ferguson (Sco); -7 P Waring (Eng); -6 S Garcia (Spa), M Wallace (Eng), R MacIntyre (Sco); -4 J Rahm (Spa), D Law (Sco), R Fisher (Eng); -3 L Nolan (Ire); -1 R McIlroy (NI), +2 B Koepka (US).

Shane Lowry produced a frontrunning masterclass to clinch a record 11-shot win at the Irish Open and end his four-year wait for an individual title in emphatic style.

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