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Ireland’s Shane Lowry says he was “very close to doing something very special” at the Masters.<\/span><\/p>\n Lowry finished joint 16th – 10 shots behind winner Jon Rahm – after shooting a one-over-par 73 in the final round at Augusta on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Lowry made three-putt bogeys at the third and fifth holes, bogeyed the 14th and double-bogeyed the par-five 15th.<\/span><\/p>\n “The hardest part for me to take is that I was very close,” said the 2019 Open champion.<\/span><\/p>\n “It might not look like that with the result or the finish, but I felt like it and that is hard.<\/span><\/p>\n “It’s extremely disappointing when you’re out there and feeling it.<\/span><\/p>\n “I put a lot into this this week and, when I birdied 11, I thought, ‘you never know here’. Great putt on 12, then 14 and 15 just killed me.<\/span><\/p>\n “I had to go for it on 15. I felt like if I made eagle there, and you go back to thinking of lads like Charl Schwartzel birdieing the last four to win and you feel like maybe you can do something special.<\/span><\/p>\n “I tried and I failed. I’ll definitely try again.”<\/span><\/p>\n