The 34-year-old McIlroy, taking part in within the tournament for the primary date, received his twenty fifth PGA Excursion identify and primary of the season. Lowry claimed his 3rd PGA Excursion victory.
The Irish pair started the pace simply two pictures in the back of Zac Blair and Patrick Fishburn at TPC Louisiana.
Then again, simply as in spherical 3, they struggled to go away within the ultimate spherical foursomes prior to ultimately successful with a par at the first excess hollow.
They had been 5 pictures off the top with 12 holes to travel prior to taking part in them in five-under to card a four-under 68 and a playoff on 25-under with international Refuse 233 Ramey and 387th-ranked Schoolteacher, who shot a sensational nine-under 63 to i’m ready the objective.
The clubhouse leaders needed to wait two hours and 45 mins to be informed their destiny, some other commute unwell the 18th towards the major-winning Irish duo.
Within the playoff, Schoolteacher discovered the left tough week McIlroy mishit his power however nonetheless discovered the golf green.
Ramey pulled his 2d onto a cart trail and regardless that Lowry’s three-wood from 283 yards got here up scale down within the sand, Schoolteacher chunked their 3rd then a release.
McIlroy strike an extended bunker shot to twelve ft under the opening and regardless that Lowry ignored for the win, Schoolteacher ignored from six ft to increase the playoff then Ramey decided to putt from simply off the fairway.
It was once a contented finish to a pace that started with a bogey on the first then Lowry driven his three-wood tee shot, and it bounced off a cart trail into timber.
Life they birdied the par-five 2d, the Offaly guy ignored a scale down par putt on the 3rd to peer them slip to eleventh, 4 pictures off the top.
They ignored possibilities on the fourth and 5th and had been 5 in the back of clubhouse leaders Chad Ramey and Martin Schoolteacher, who shot a nine-under 63 to i’m ready the objective at 25-under.
However they quickly discovered their rhythm and birdied 4 of the nearest 5 holes to haul themselves again into rivalry.
McIlroy made a seven-footer on the 7th prior to Lowry chipped to a bottom on the 379-yard 8th to shed them simply 3 pictures in the back of.
They after made a chip-and-putt birdie on the tenth and prior to McIlroy made a 10-footer on the eleventh then some other superior Lowry chip to shed them only one in the back of Ramey and Schoolteacher.
Possibilities slipped by way of on the twelfth and 14th prior to Lowry strike a stellar fairway bunker shot pin top on the sixteenth, and McIlroy transformed the left to proper breaking 15-footer to shed them in a three-way fix for the top with Ramey and Schoolteacher and in a single day leaders Blair and Fishburn.
Lowry had the tee shot on the 188-yard seventeenth, however then he sprayed it proper, neatly sunny of the H2O, he may now not put together the 15-footer for par.
They had been now a shot in the back of Ramey and Schoolteacher and Blair and Fishburn, fix for 3rd with taking part in companions Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard, and wanted a ultimate birdie 4 at worst to store their identify possibilities alive.
McIlroy strike a large power, however week Lowry pulled their 218-yard method left of the fairway, McIlroy shot a lavish sound to a few ft.
Then an extended wait as Brehm and Hubbard did not put together birdie on the terminating and ended up fix fourth, Lowry duly transformed the birdie putt for a 68, which was once excellent plenty for a two-way playoff on 25-under.