The Open 2025: Shane Lowry set to make cut despite two-stroke penalty

Shane Lowry said helium would not beryllium called a "cheat" aft accepting a two-stroke punishment during the 2nd circular of the Open Championship astatine Royal Portrush.

The R&A judged that the Irishman, who lifted the Claret Jug astatine Portrush successful 2019, caused his shot to determination during a signifier plaything connected the 12th hole.

Lowry said helium did not spot the shot determination and was "disappointed" that the determination was not based connected footage from much camera angles.

Ireland's Lowry finished his circular connected two-under but was told of the punishment erstwhile connected the 15th hole.

The punishment leaves Lowry connected level-par, 1 changeable supra the chopped enactment and helium drops from a necktie for 17th to tied for 34th.

Lowry, 38, said helium would person called a punishment connected himself if helium felt helium had moved the shot and said helium was not "arguing" his lawsuit with the rules official.

"The past happening I privation to bash is beryllium determination and reason and not instrumentality the punishment and past get slaughtered each implicit societal media contiguous for being a cheat," said the satellite fig 18.

"I'm disappointed that they don't person much camera angles connected it. The 1 zoomed successful dilatory question - they're trying to archer maine if it doesn't determination from the bare eye, if you don't spot it moving, it didn't move.

"I told them I decidedly was looking down towards the shot arsenic I was taking that signifier swing, and I didn't spot it move."

Knowing helium had a imaginable penalty, Lowry past birdied the 15th and said helium "played his way" into the play arsenic helium survived the chopped by 1 stroke.

Lowry's punishment means helium is present 10 shots disconnected person and playing spouse Scottie Scheffler.

Scheffler said that Lowry was enactment successful "a beauteous pugnacious situation" but "ultimately successful play it's up to the player".

"In the unsmooth it's hard to tell. From what I looked astatine precise concisely connected the video, it looked similar it was precise hard to spot if the shot was moving," the satellite fig 1 said.

"It was a precise pugnacious spot for Shane to beryllium enactment in. He handled it truly well. It's evidently precise frustrating."

Scheffler refused to beryllium drawn connected whether helium felt Lowry deserved the penalty, but reiterated "it was a precise pugnacious concern for him to beryllium enactment in".

"It's frustrating for maine arsenic a rival of his and a subordinate to ticker him aft benignant of woody with that due to the fact that the past happening you privation to beryllium known successful the crippled of play is idiosyncratic who cheats."