Former champion Shane Lowry says his Open Championship at Royal Portrush has been "hard to take" after a shooting three over in his third round on Saturday.

Shane Lowry was not at all happy with the judges' decision to award him a two-stroke penalty during the second round of the Open Championship.

Irish golfer Shane Lowry said he feared being “slaughtered” on social media if he did not accept the two-stroke penalty he received at The Open Championship on Friday.

Shane Lowry has been assessed a two-shot penalty for his golf ball moving in the rough on the 12th hole of the British Open.

The most stinging thing that can happen to a golfer, especially in the heat of a major, is a penalty that rewrites their scorecard. On Friday at Royal Portrush, Shane Lowry felt that sting in full force.

Cheering him on will be his wife, Wendy Lowry, and their daughters, Iris and Ivy. “There were plenty of times I have been crying myself to sleep or wondering am I able to keep going but when you have a good strong woman behind you it makes it easier,” Shawn said in 2019, per the Irish Independent. “I owe a lot to her.”

Shane Lowry felt like puking all the way through a tough third round at The Open in Portrush today. A virus made it's way through the rented Lowry house in the county Antrim seaside town this week before finally affecting the winner of the 2019 Open at this venue.

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Paul McGinley believes the rules of golf need to change after Shane Lowry was slapped with a "harsh" two-shot penalty after his second round at The Open Championship