Shane Lowry's putting touch abandoned him but Graeme McDowell rediscovered his as Tyrrell Hatton held off Victor Perez to claim the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth yesterday. Lowry went into the final round four shots behind Hatton on 10-under par, but after rifling his 190-yard approach to six feet at the first, he missed the slippery putt, then failed from five feet for par at the next, eventually carding a one-over 73 to finish tied 13th on nine under (€84,491). But it was a positive last day for McDowell, who matched Hatton's 67 to finish tied 24th on six-under, breaking a run of six missed cuts in-a-row, as Pádraig Harrington's 71 left him joint 40th on two-under. BirdiedHatton then birdied at the 18th for a 67 and a four-shot win over Perez on 19-under par. On the PGA Tour Champions, overnight co-leader Darren Clarke closed with a two-over 74 to finish tied 11th, five shots behind Ernie Els on seven-under in the SAS Championship in North Carolina.

Source: Irish Independent October 12, 2020 01:30 UTC