Shane Lowry's collapse allows Nico Echavarria to win Cognizant Classic

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Colombia's Nico Echavarria played a steady final round of 5-under-par 66 and benefited from late struggles from Ireland's Shane Lowry to win the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches on Sunday at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Echavarria, who trailed by three strokes on the backside, turned in a 17-under 267 at PGA National's Champion Course for his first PGA Tour victo