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In this “Golf Channel Podcast with Rex & Lav,” Rex Hoggard and Ryan Lavner give praise to Shane Lowry, who faced the media after a crushing defeat at the Cognizant Classic.
The field for this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational signature event was finalized after the Cognizant Classic.
Shane Lowry’s consecutive double bogeys on the 16th and 17th hole at PGA National opened the door for a surprise victory. Nico Echavarria won on Tour for the third time in his career, seizing the moment and capturing the Cognizant Classic crown. Max Homa, Brooks Koepka and Max McGreevy all contributed to a highlight-filled Sunday in South Florida. McGreevy’s albatross on 3 stunned the field early in the day.
Lowry doubled two of his last three holes on Sunday to lose the Cognizant Classic at PGA National.