They only scored 15 points after halftime, when they suddenly couldn't sink a shot.

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Jutting conspicuously out straight into the middle of the net, is a gray plastic lever that actually registers when you sink a shot.

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The Northern Irishman won 16 to reduce the deficit to one shot but Lowry, ranked 68, held firm to sink a four-foot putt at the last to claim a famous triumph.

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