Lowry doesn't want to be called a 'cheat' after two-stroke penalty controversy

Shane Lowry is 'still not sure' whether he deserved his two-shot penalty in the second round of The Open.

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00:00I told him I definitely was looking down towards the ball

00:03as I was taking that practice swing.

00:04And I didn't see it move, I had to take the penalty because...

00:08I'm still not sure, to be honest, whether it was or not,

00:10but I had to take the penalty

00:11because I can't have my name talked about, or tossed around like that.

00:15You know if the ball moved and I caused it to move

00:16and it moved as a two shot penalty,

00:17the last thing you wanna do is sit there and argue

00:20and not take the penalty, then get slaughtered

00:23all over social media tonight for being a cheat,

00:25like I'm not that.