[caption id="attachment_67913" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Shane Lowry looks good for the Tour finale in Dubai next month."]
A solid Irish representation took to the Sentosa Golf Club for the Barclays Singapore Open, but could not muster a contender in this rain-shortened 54-hole tournament that was won by Spain's Gonzalo Castano-Fernandez in a 2-hole playoff with Juvic Pagunsan. Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell managed top-20 finishes to lead the Irish contingent. Both finished with scores of 8-under-par 205, which was good for a share of 13th place.
This was especially good news for Lowry, as it solidifies his position within the European Tour's top 60 on the Race to Dubai money list. He now stands 45th and can probably coast on in to the Tour finale in Dubai next month. His cards read 67, 70 and 68 for the three rounds that were played.
McDowell once again managed to avoid any self-imposed cruelties, although he faltered at the third hole in the second round with a triple-bogey 7. But he had enough birdies to offset that and three bogeys he amassed on his card that day. He shot 68, 71 and 66 for the three rounds.
Michael Hoey might very well have joined that duo at 205 if not for a double-bogey 7 at 18 to close out the event. He was on the fringe of contention while shooting 67 and 66 over the first two rounds, before finishing up with 74, which dropped him back to a share of 23rd place at 207.
Peter Lawrie, likewise, took a third-round tumble, dropping 30 places to joint-75th, where he joined others who also shot 214. A snowman on the par-4 third hole messed up his final round, which added up to 76. That came on the heels of rounds of 68 and 70.
Paul Cutler also made the 36-hole cut, thanks to a stellar second round, in which he shot 64, despite two bogeys. He peppered his card with seven birdies and an eagle to produce the 64. Unfortunately for him, that round was sandwiched by scores of 75 and 78, in which he could come up with only one birdie for the entire 36 holes. He finished with a score of 217, which dropped him to a share of the bottom, joint-79th place.
The cut fell at 139, which excised Paul McGinley, 142 (68-74), Niall Turner, 145 (75-70), Padraig Harrington, 146 (69-77), Damien McGrane, 147 (73-74), and Gareth Maybin, 149 (69-80).
