Overview
- Echavarria closed with a bogey-free 66 to finish 17 under and win by two strokes at PGA National.
- Lowry led by three with three holes left before hitting tee shots into the water on 16 and 17 for consecutive double bogeys.
- Lowry tied for second at 15 under with Taylor Moore and Austin Smotherman, two shots behind the Colombian winner.
- Lowry said he "couldn't feel the club face" over the final holes and contrasted the lapse with his composure at last year’s Ryder Cup.
- One outlet estimated the difference between winning and a T2 finish cost Lowry about $1,001,600, and he said he will tee it up next at Bay Hill.