Shane Lowry will be hoping for a captain’s pick after slipping out of the automatic qualifying places for the Ryder Cup on a day when Alex Noren claimed the British Masters.<\/p>\n
Lowry is currently competing at the Tour Championship which offers no points for Ryder Cup team selection, meaning that Rasmus Hojgaard leapfrogged the Offaly man after claiming a share for 13th place at the Belfry.<\/p>\n
The Dane knew he needed to secure at least a two-way tie for 29th or better to overtake Lowry in sixth spot.<\/p>\n
“I have been so stressed out on the course today,” said Hojgaard, who had made bogeys on the 10th and 12th before sinking a birdie on the long 15th.<\/p>\n
“I knew every bogey out there was very costly. I was well aware of the situation and to be honest there were a couple of times out there where I really had to calm myself down.<\/p>\n
“I felt like every hole was just a tough battle, and I am so happy to be there now.”<\/p>\n
Lowry faces an anxious wait now to see if he’s included in captain Luke Donald’s selection on 1 September, with six wildcard places up for grabs.<\/p>\n
Noren saw off challenges from a charging Kazuma Kobori and Nicolai Hojgaard \u2013 Rasmus\u2019 twin brother \u2013 to end a seven-year wait for his 11th DP World Tour title.<\/p>\n
The Swede finished at 16-under par following a final round of 67, sinking three consecutive birdies before then recovering for a bogey at the 18th on the back of a wayward tee-shot, to claim a first victory since the 2018 Open de France.<\/p>\n
New Zealander Kobori had put himself into the clubhouse lead on the back of a superb seven-under 65, with four birdies and an eagle over the closing six holes.<\/p>\n
Hojgaard carded a five-under 67, with a bogey five at the 16th proving costly.<\/p>\n
“It means a lot,” Noren, who also won the British Masters in 2016, told the DP World Tour website.<\/p>\n
“It was a great weekend. I don\u2019t think I have played like this for a very long time.<\/p>\n
“There was a little hiccup on the last, but I am extremely proud of myself \u2013 (to win a title) for the first time in seven years, it feels great.”<\/p>\n
Japan\u2019s Keita Nakajima finished two shots back in fourth place, also with a five-under final round having dropped a shot on the last.<\/p>\n
Andy Sullivan was the best-placed of the British challengers in fifth at 12 under following a final round of 68, also making a five on the 18th.<\/p>\n
Overnight leader Matt Fitzpatrick carded five bogeys to end his round at two-over, fading into a tie for sixth at 10 under alongside fellow Englishman Marco Penge, who was level par for the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane Lowry will be hoping for a captain’s pick after slipping out of the automatic qualifying places for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-90460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}