Shane Lowry handed two-shot penalty following review after second round at The Open 2025
The R&A determined the former Open champion deserved a penalty after his ball moved before taking a shot on the 12th hole at Royal Portrush.
Lowry had driven his tee shot into the rough and could be seen taking a practice swing with some fans questioning whether the ball moved slightly.
The R&A informed Lowry on the 15th hole that he would be required to sit down and review the video footage with them after he concluded his round.
The result of assessing the slo-motion replays was a two-stroke penalty for the Irishman who drops to level par for the tournament.
Lowry had posted a second consecutive round of one-under par having played through a downpour of rain on the back and admitted he didn't know anything about the potential penalty until the officials spoke to him on the 15th.
'Well, I didn't know anything happened until walking up the 15th fairway and then the rules official came over and told me that there was a possibility the ball moved on the 12th for my second shot,' Lowry revealed after his round.
'I've asked him, how many shot penalty is that if it did, and he said, two. Obviously then I feel like I'm on the cut mark then, which is not very nice. I feel like I played well on the way in and then obviously waited to see.
'I was in there with the rules official and wasn't arguing my case, but I'm disappointed that they don't have more camera angles on it. The one zoomed in slow motion -- they're trying to tell me if it doesn't move from the naked eye, if you don't see it moving, it didn't move.
'I told them I definitely was looking down towards the ball as I was taking that practice swing, and I didn't see it move. I'm still not sure whether it was or not, but I had to take the penalty and I just get on with it.
'It's obviously very disappointing. I felt like I played really, really well today. And yeah, that's hard to take. Look, I'll just have to dust myself off and get out there tomorrow and give it a go.'
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