Shane Lowry Hitting Two Water Balls And Collapsing Over The Last Three Holes To Lose The Cognizant Classic Was Simply Breathtaking To Watch

That tweet was about an hour ago. An hour ago when everyone was ready to declare Shane Lowry a champ, give him his first win on US soil, all that stuff. Then it happened

A disgusting swing. No other way to put it, this chart does a good job though: 

That led to a double and a tie on top of the leaderboard. And I know what you're thinking. Surely, Shane Lowry didn't hit another ball into the water

Dear God. It's one of the more brutal collapses I can remember. All you had to do was not make multiple mistakes 

I know Lowry catches a lot of shit for the stuff he does, but he did speak to the media after this: 

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I still can't believe he went back-to-back water tee shots. I get it. You get in your head, but this is a guy who won a major. Yeah, I know Lowry is 1-5 with a Sunday lead, but this is still a baffling collapse. Just hit the fairway once and we're talking about a different ending than this

Still wild to see. Just an insane ending and at some point Lowry has to finish a Sunday outside of the Open.