Shane Lowry didn’t just lose out on a first solo PGA Tour victory in almost seven years when he made two trips to the water over the closing three holes at PGA National, his wallet felt the effect too.
Lowry was on course to claim the top prize of $1,728,000 when he took a three-stroke lead to the second of the three ‘Bear Trap’ tees, but back-to-back double bogeys left him needing an eagle on the last to get into a playoff.
To add insult to injury, in attempting to hole his bunker shot and running 10 feet past before missing the comeback birdie putt, he lost out on another $300,000 as making it would’ve seen him finish solo second.
Instead, it was Colombian Nico Echavarria who took the lion’s share of the spoils, and Lowry was left to rue another near miss after taking a one-stroke lead to the final hole of the Dubai Invitational back in January and conspiring to finish tied for third.
Lowry wasn’t the only Irishman to suffer a costly end to his round. Seamus Power was at -7 for the tournament and would’ve finished inside the top 20 if he’d managed to birdie the par-5 closing hole. Instead, a triple-bogey-eight saw him fall to a tie for 40th – costing him over $100,000 – where he ended up collecting just over $22,000.
In fact, it was a week where Irish players went close on several tours.
Aine Donegan took the 36-hole lead on her full LET debut at the Women’s NSW Open in Australia, but eventually finished tied for 16th and earned €6,256.25. Robert Moran finished tied for second at the Alps Tour’s New Giza Open in Egypt and earned €3,453.00, while Mark Power had the same result on the MENA Tour’s Al Huora Classic in Morocco and earned $8,000, and Alex Maguire was a shot further behind and picked up $4,500.
Another disappointing final round saw Leona Maguire fall down the leaderboard at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, but despite dropping three shots in her final nine holes, she still picked up $14,391 for her week’s work.
Top prize went to Australian Hannah Green who has now earned well over $1 million at the event hosted at Sentosa, having won the title in 2024 as well.
PGA Tour Cognizant Classic selected payouts
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Nico Echavarria | -17 | $1,728,000 |
| T2 | Shane Lowry | -15 | $726,400 |
| T2 | Taylor Moore | -15 | $726,400 |
| T2 | Austin Smotherman | -15 | $726,400 |
| 5 | Ricky Castillo | -13 | $393,600 |
| T6 | Nicolai Hojgaard | -11 | $324,000 |
| T6 | Keith Mitchell | -11 | $324,000 |
| T6 | William Mouw | -11 | $324,000 |
| T9 | Brooks Koepka | -10 | $252,000 |
| T9 | Rasmus Hojgaard | -10 | $252,000 |
| T9 | Matti Schmid | -10 | $252,000 |
| T9 | Joel Dahmen | -10 | $252,000 |
| T52 | Seamus Power | -3 | $22,992 |
HSBC Women’s World Championship selected payouts
| Pos. | Name | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Hannah Green | -14 | $450,000 |
| 2 | Auston Kim | -13 | $279,144 |
| T3 | Minjee Lee | -11 | $161,745 |
| T3 | Pauline Roussin-Bouchard | -11 | $161,745 |
| T3 | Angel Yin | -11 | $161,745 |
| 6 | Hae-Ran Ryu | -10 | $103,160 |
| 7 | Lindy Duncan | -8 | $86,349 |
| T8 | Akie Iwai | -7 | $71,831 |
| T8 | Rio Takeda | -7 | $71,831 |
| T41 | Leona Maguire | E | $14,391 |
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