FLOURTOWN, Pa. — Sepp Straka of Austria outlasted Ireland’s Shane Lowry in a Sunday duel at the Philadelphia Cricket Club to win the Truist Championship and add a signature event to his growing resume.
Straka and Lowry shared the lead after three rounds, and they stood tied at 16 under through 15 holes before Lowry lipped out a par putt at the par-3 16th at the club’s Wissahickon Course.
Straka held steady the rest of the way in, carding a 2-under-par 68 to finish 16-under 264 for the tournament. He landed in the sand off the 18th tee but hit a great recovery shot onto the green and saved par.
Lowry missed birdie at No. 17 and three-putted for bogey at No. 18 for a round of 70. He and Justin Thomas (67) tied for second at 14 under.
Straka, 32, won The American Express in January and is now the second player with multiple wins on the PGA Tour this season. He’ll rise to second place in the FedEx Cup race and take momentum into next week’s PGA Championship.
Lowry still has not won an individual event on the PGA Tour since his 2019 Open Championship victory.
Lowry birdied two of the first five holes, and Straka matched him at 16 under with a 20-foot eagle putt at No. 5. He bogeyed the next hole, but the pair flipped places at the par-3 eighth when Straka birdied while Lowry missed the green and failed to save par.
At No. 9, Straka nailed a 28-foot birdie putt for a two-shot advantage but squandered it with back-to-back bogeys. He was short and in the bunker on No. 11 and watched his par putt slip left of the hole.
They were neck and neck down the stretch, both birdieing the par-5 15th to set up the close finish.
Patrick Cantlay, Jacob Bridgeman and England’s Tommy Fleetwood all shot 65 to tie for fourth at 12 under. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy posted a bogey-free 68 and tied for seventh at 10 under with Cameron Young (66), Germany’s Stephan Jaeger (66) and Keith Mitchell (71).
–Adam Zielonka, Field Level Media
