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Shane Lowry found water on the 18th hole as he missed out on the Dubai Invitational title to Nacho Elvira in a dramatic final round.<\/b><\/p>\n
Lowry held a one-shot lead heading to the final hole, but a wayward bunker shot flew past the flag and rolled into the lake on the far side of the green.<\/p>\n
A hole behind, overnight leader Elvira made a birdie putt on the 17th to join Lowry on 10 under while the Irishman toiled.<\/p>\n
While Lowry had to settle for a double bogey on the final hole and dropped back to eight under, Elvira secured the par he needed to win the third title of his career.<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy was one of five players involved in a tie for the lead midway down the back nine, along with Elvira, Lowry, England’s Marcus Armitage and New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier, but the challengers fell away one by one.<\/p>\n
A hole ahead of his Ryder Cup team-mate, McIlroy required a birdie to tie for the lead but, in a foreshadowing of Lowry’s fate, he overhit from the same bunker and his chance slipped away.<\/p>\n
For Masters champion McIlroy, he was left to rue a slow start but soon put himself in contention with five birdies in a row.<\/p>\n
That left him with a shot of winning, but a wayward tee shot on the 18th left him in deep rough and he could only find the bunker with his recovery, and that ended his hopes.<\/p>\n
“I was just trying to get the most out of what I had. I didn’t have the greats starts and I wasn’t really focused on winning, I was just trying to piece it together with good swings,” McIlroy told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
“It was still a good first week back and I learnt a lot about my game. I wasn’t very sharp, but I’m hopefully I’m a bit sharper now going into next week.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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