Rory McIlroy has been taking note of fellow Irishman Shane Lowry's recent form entering the year's second major championship.

Shane Lowry's pursuit of ending his individual PGA Tour title drought since the 2019 Open Championship came up short at the 2025 Truist Championship. Despite sharing the 54-hole lead, Lowry faltered with bogeys on two of the final three holes,

It didn't get similar attention as Collin Morikawa's supposed blowing off of the media at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but Shane Lowry's ducking of the media following a tough finish on Sunday at the Truist Championship may have been an even worse look.

Sepp Straka took advantage of Shane Lowry's late mistakes to win the Truist Championship as the Irishman missed out on a $3.6 million first prize in Pennsylvania

Justin Thomas expressed his gratitude to Shane Lowry after a sudden increase of £302,000 ($400,000) in his prize money at the Truist Championship. The American golfer, who had been criticised by commentator Jim Nantz, finished tied for second place, but just before his final putt, he was in solo third.

Shane Lowry's string of near misses on the PGA Tour continued on Sunday, finishing in a share of second place at the Truist Championship behind Sepp Straka after a clumsy finish