Rory McIlroy has been told to help Shane Lowry after he lost the Truist Championship, even though the PGA Championship is about to start.

Lowry had hoped to win at the Philadelphia Cricket Club on Sunday, but two missed bogeys in the last round ended his chances. He now shares second place with Justin Thomas.

Even though he got off to a good start and was tied for the lead, Sepp Straka went on to win his fourth PGA Tour title and the $3.6 million winner’s prize.

Lowry still got $1.76M for coming in second place, but he made $1.63M less because of his problems in the last round. McIlroy finished in seventh place and won $668,000. He will be very busy getting ready for the PGA Championship, which starts on Thursday.

But he’s been told to help his friend Lowry, who has been a strong supporter during McIlroy’s own problems before the Masters. Simon Holmes, an English golf coach, said, “He probably needs to hang out with Rory for a while and process it.” Shane did make some terrible mistakes, though.

Being very hard on himself means he will get back on track quickly, but he will be very angry with himself for making it so easy by hitting the ball through the break on 18 and putting it away from the hole.

The putting needs one more stroke every day.” He’s missing a few chances, but the top 15 guys he’s after aren’t missing those chances as often as he is. That’s where he needs to do better.”

Before the last round at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, Lowry admitted that he had learned from McIlroy’s recent Masters win that it’s important to keep going. He told the Irish Independent, “I just think you need to keep trying.

“Keep putting yourself out there, and it will happen in the end.” Take a look at Rory from the Masters a few weeks ago. “Keep knocking on the door, and you’ll get through it in the end.”

McIlroy praised Lowry’s decision to make Florida his permanent home in 2019. He thinks that the golf tools in Florida have helped him become a more consistent player.

Yeah, look, I’ve seen a huge difference since he, you know, moved here full-time,” the five-time major winner told Belfast Live.

Well, you know, we train and play together a lot at home, and I think it’s hard to practice over there, even this time of year.

So, I think I’ve seen such a big change in his consistency week to week. This is because of where he lives—he can practice in great conditions on great golf courses and play games with people like me, Rickie Fowler, JT, or whoever lives out in Jupiter.

“It’s been amazing that I know, as his friend, to see him play so well and so consistently, and I’m going to hang around here and hopefully see him get the job done.”