{"id":52373,"date":"2026-08-18T17:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/52373\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T17:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:17:19","slug":"shane-lowry-reveals-key-reason-for-his-disappointing-pga-tour-season-after-fedexcup-playoff-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/52373\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Lowry reveals key reason for his \u2018disappointing\u2019 PGA Tour season after FedExCup Playoff exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Shane Lowry has reflected on his 2026 PGA Tour season after his exit from the FedExCup Playoffs after the first event.<\/p>\n<p>Lowry finished tied for 52nd at last week\u2019s St Jude Championship, which was not enough to reach the BMW Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Irishman finished 62nd in the FedExCup standings when only the top 50 qualify for the second playoff event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/shane-lowry\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98415\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lowry<\/a> has explained the key reason for his difficult campaign and has looked ahead to his upcoming events on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/dp-world-tour\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"99180\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DP World Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2286417818-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Shane Lowry of Ireland acknowledges the crowd on the 18th green on day one of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale\" \/>Photo by Andrew Redington\/Getty ImagesShane Lowry reflects on a \u2018disappointing\u2019 PGA Tour season<\/p>\n<p>Shane Lowry admitted that his two final-round collapses at the start of 2026 affected his play for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Lowry made a double bogey on the 72nd hole at the Dubai Invitational in January, gifting Nacho Elvira the victory.<\/p>\n<p>Two months later, he blew a three-shot lead with three holes to play at the Cognizant Classic, and Nico Echavarria won the title.<\/p>\n<p>        How many times do you think Scottie Scheffler will win in 2027? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">He has now won 21 times on the PGA Tour!<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2290772308-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"FedEx St. Jude Championship 2026 - Final Round\" class=\"wp-image-121462\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p>Those results knocked Lowry\u2019s confidence for the remainder of the PGA Tour season, but he is looking forward to a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnd of a disappointing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/pga-tour\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98401\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour<\/a> season. In truth, not winning early in the season hurt and lingered for several months afterwards,\u201d Lowry wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy where my game is now and have an exciting part of my season ahead. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few weeks off now to prep for a run of DP World Tour events and the start of my Ryder Cup qualification campaign for Doonbeg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lowry will play in the Irish Open and BMW PGA Championship next month before the Alfred Dunhill Links in October.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old will be looking to reach the DP World Tour Play-Offs in the UAE with strong performances in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Shane Lowry has reflected on his 2026 PGA Tour season after his exit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1873,1438,144,1450],"class_list":["post-52373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fedex-st-jude-championship","tag-fedex-cup","tag-fedex-st-jude-championship","tag-pga-tour","tag-shane-lowry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}