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Published 18:56 19 Jan 2019 GMT
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Sterne was beginning to wilt as it hotted up over the closing stretch.
Lowry was on the hunt and forcing errors. Sterne duly obliged by bogeying on 16 and we were level again going to the 17th.
He then needed a clutch recovery shot and a 10-foot putt to save par on 17 and bring it all square to the 18th tee.
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Both men did well with their tee shots on 18 and were plonked right in the middle of the fairway and within sight of the green.
Never before has this championship been decided by playoff. Lowry looked like he wanted to keep that tradition up by smoking a three-wood approach to the green to give himself a 30-foot eagle chance. It was some ballsy shot from 281 yards back:
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Lowry left his eagle putt five feet short but was nerveless in sinking that to go -18 and finish one ahead of Sterne.
We need to lie down after all that!Football

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