BEAR WITH A SORE HEAD

Pain again as Shane stumbles into a Trap

- BY NEIL MCLEMAN

RYDER CUP hero Shane Lowry got snared by the Bear Trap - and then admitted the “hardest thing” about his latest meltdown was failing to win for the first time in front of his four-year-old daughter.

The Irishman shouldered enormous pressure to secure the half-point to retain the Ryder Cup on Long Island last September.

But the 2019 Open champion has not won an individual event since the 2022 BMW PGA - and made a double bogey at the 72nd hole while leading the Dubai Invitational in January. Then he chipped into the water from a greenside bunker.