As head-wreckers go, this one beat Banagher; which, for Shane Lowry, and the manner of his late collapse with seemingly not one but both hands on the Cognizant Classic trophy, is likely to linger.
Lowry’s unravelling over the closing stretch of holes at PGA National was hard to fathom. After all, this was the man who stood tallest of anyone when the Ryder Cup was on the line at Bethpage, where he produced one wonder shot after another in his vital singles with Russell Henley to ensure Europe retained the trophy.
That was September, this is now.
Lowry has no choice other than to try to clear the mind – hello, Dr Bob Rotella! – with this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational followed by next week’s The Players, the PGA…