Shane Lowry couldn’t take advantage of some generous Friday morning conditions at Shinnecock Hills and missed the cut at the US Open.
Lowry fell to a second successive 73 for a six-over total which saw him miss the cut by two shots.
“I’d love to know what’s going on, and I’m beating my head against a brick wall,” he said.
“I felt like I rolled the ball pretty well. I felt like I did a lot of things well, and I’m going home Friday evening. It’s pretty shit, to be honest.”
Lowry’s wave was on the right side of the draw and were greeted by some pleasant morning conditions. After an opening bogey, two birdies in three holes on the 8th and 9th looked to have kickstarted his week. But as he lamented pre-tournament, blips in concentration and unexplainable errors crept in as he carded another innocuous double bogey on the par-3 11th, his second double of the week.
From there he couldn’t recover and chucked in bogeys on the 15th and 17th for a sour finish and he is facing a weekend off.
“Eleven was a kick in the balls,” Lowry admitted. “I had it going, didn’t I? I knew the very minute I hit that chip, I said to Darren [Reynolds, my caddie], I just have to try and two-putt this.
“Like, honestly, I just touched it, and it went seven feet past, and then I missed the next one.
“From there, I feel like anytime I need a good nine holes, I’m not doing it, and it’s tough, but what can you do?
“Unfortunately, that’s what golf courses and tests like this do. It’s gettable out there. But if you get the wrong side of the hole . . .
“I hit a couple of bad shots, and you get penalised very quickly. So it’s tough, but golf is just not agreeing with me at the moment. I’m not enjoying it. I didn’t have any fun this week.”
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