Shane Lowry - 2019 Champion Golfer of The Year (note first post please for posting guidance)

Minderbinder

Disappointing final round it has to be said. He had a great chance to take a lot of pressure off himself but in the end barely made a dent in the rankings. Up 13 places to 159th, I reckon a victory is needed or two top 5 finishes in the next three.

prawnsambo

Minderbinder wrote: »

Disappointing final round it has to be said. He had a great chance to take a lot of pressure off himself but in the end barely made a dent in the rankings. Up 13 places to 159th, I reckon a victory is needed or two top 5 finishes in the next three.

He's at 89th according to the latest OWGR and 99th on the European Tour rankings. Unless you're talking about something else?

Derek Zoolander

prawnsambo wrote: »

He's at 89th according to the latest OWGR and 99th on the European Tour rankings. Unless you're talking about something else?

probably the PGA tour / Fedex cup rankings given that he was playing in a PGA tour event

kmart6

prawnsambo wrote: »

He's at 89th according to the latest OWGR and 99th on the European Tour rankings. Unless you're talking about something else?

FedEx Cup

LuckyGent88

Leading the Barracuda tournament now

liamoreilly

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Leading the Barracuda tournament now

...Where are you seeing this out of curiosity?...I've checked 3 places and still no updates of round 2 at all...

Glebee

I have him T2, 15 played. Using Golf Live 24 app on phone

kiers47

liamoreilly wrote: »

...Where are you seeing this out of curiosity?...I've checked 3 places and still no updates of round 2 at all...

It's on the pga tour app

LuckyGent88

liamoreilly wrote: »

...Where are you seeing this out of curiosity?...I've checked 3 places and still no updates of round 2 at all...

FlashScore. PGA app not working for me on this tournament for some reason

Rikand

https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2018/barracuda-championship/leaderboard.html

Mushy

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

FlashScore. PGA app not working for me on this tournament for some reason

You have to select the tournament under PGA Tour, should be two logos. Select leaderboard then.

dball

https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2018/barracuda-championship/leaderboard.html

charlieIRL

Not having a great final round so far. Pity.

Minderbinder

Have to say I’m confused by this scoring system. According to Shane’s scorecard he had 3 birdies and two bogeys in the final round. +2 for each birdie and -1 for a bogey should have him at +4 for the round in a tie for 7th, yet on the leaderboard he’s +1 for the round finished in 15th place.

Not the first time the scoreboard has conflicted with the scorecard for me this week.

What’s going on? Am I wrong?

hurleronditch

Minderbinder wrote: »

Have to say I’m confused by this scoring system. According to Shane’s scorecard he had 3 birdies and two bogeys in the final round. +2 for each birdie and -1 for a bogey should have him at +4 for the round in a tie for 7th, yet on the leaderboard he’s +1 for the round finished in 15th place.

Not the first time the scoreboard has conflicted with the scorecard for me this week.

What’s going on? Am I wrong?

He also had a blob on 5 which is a -3

Minderbinder

Oh that’s it then. On the scorecard they didn’t put a number, just an ‘E’ where the number should be - presumably he didn’t finish out the hole?

GreeBo

Going well again this week...

Eaglebridie 32

64 in r2, 3 behind👍

Minderbinder

Great finish to the round this morning. Hopefully he can keep the momentum going in the afternoon. Interestingly if he was to finish where he is at the moment in tied 5th he would still require a very good finish next week to earn his card. He is projected to be 130th in the rankings as things stand.

First Up

Long day for them. 27-30 holes for many and its going to be very hot and sticky this afternoon.

TheCitizen

Watching this on CBS. So frustrating that they’re obsessed with Tiger and one or two others. Shane is playing with Thomas and only 3 behind the leaders but they cut away from him after Thomas plays

GreeBo

DING DING DING

"Lowry Watch" just appeared on the TV
Just hit it close on the par 3, chance of getting to -9

FixdePitchmark

GreeBo wrote: »

DING DING DING

"Lowry Watch" just appeared on the TV
Just hit it close on the par 3, chance of getting to -9

Going well since he got new caddy

TheCitizen

GreeBo wrote: »

DING DING DING

"Lowry Watch" just appeared on the TV
Just hit it close on the par 3, chance of getting to -9

They cut away again before he got the birdie.

PropJoe10

Come on Shane!

bigtimecharlie

He's not getting much air time compared to his playing partner.

TheCitizen

2 back to back birdies. 10 under

GreeBo

TheCitizen wrote: »

They cut away again before he got the birdie.

I saw it go in...?

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Going well since he got new caddy

I think I have already proved that it was the new pencil.

FixdePitchmark

GreeBo wrote: »

I saw it go in...?



I think I have already proved that it was the new pencil.

If he keeps this up you may have to eat that pencil.

kmart6

Watching the CBS feed and thought the way they were speaking of Lowry for delaying play at the par 3 there was extremely disrespectful, as if he had no right to ask for a ruling and how how dare he delay Thomas.

GreeBo

kmart6 wrote: »

Watching the CBS feed and thought the way they were speaking of Lowry for delaying play at the par 3 there was extremely disrespectful, as if he had no right to ask for a ruling and how how dare he delay Thomas.

Yeah it was very much as if a back marker was holding up the leader!

Meanwhile we got to watch Fowler's caddy rake a bunker rather than Lowry's tee shot on the next!

TheCitizen

kmart6 wrote: »

Watching the CBS feed and thought the way they were speaking of Lowry for delaying play at the par 3 there was extremely disrespectful, as if he had no right to ask for a ruling and how how dare he delay Thomas.

Yep. CBS commentators a right lot of aholes. Lowry was entitled to ask for a ruling. The TV coverage of this is a disgrace for a Major.

Minderbinder

Up to 139th in the fedex cup. I’m guessing he needs a win or maybe a top three might do it next week. Unlikely unless he can find something on a Sunday.

kiers47

Minderbinder wrote: »

Up to 139th in the fedex cup. I’m guessing he needs a win or maybe a top three might do it next week. Unlikely unless he can find something on a Sunday.

A solo top 5 will for sure get him in. Probably even a solo top 6 or better.
100 points for 6th which would land him on 396. He should get in with that. But it would depend on how the others close to the bubble get on.

kiers47

kmart6 wrote: »

Watching the CBS feed and thought the way they were speaking of Lowry for delaying play at the par 3 there was extremely disrespectful, as if he had no right to ask for a ruling and how how dare he delay Thomas.

That was poor alright. In fairness to Thomas in his interview after he defended Lowry and was putting blame on the rules officials for not making a call on it.

OEP

kiers47 wrote: »

Minderbinder wrote: »

Up to 139th in the fedex cup. I’m guessing he needs a win or maybe a top three might do it next week. Unlikely unless he can find something on a Sunday.

A solo top 5 will for sure get him in. Probably even a solo top 6 or better.
100 points for 6th which would land him on 396. He should get in with that. But it would depend on how the others close to the bubble get on.

Seamus Power is at 123 - if Lowry gets in I hope it's not at Seamus' expense

Rikand

OEP wrote: »

Seamus Power is at 123 - if Lowry gets in I hope it's not at Seamus' expense

Seamie has had bucketloads of chances to be secure and bottled them all. If he doesn't make it, he has none to blame but himself. If Shane makes it over Seamus it'll be because he took his chancesl

OEP

Rikand wrote: »

OEP wrote: »

Seamus Power is at 123 - if Lowry gets in I hope it's not at Seamus' expense

Seamie has had bucketloads of chances to be secure and bottled them all. If he doesn't make it, he has none to blame but himself. If Shane makes it over Seamus it'll be because he took his chancesl

I'm not saying he has anyone to blame, I just hope they both make it. I would prefer Seamus to get in but that's because I'm from the same area as him. Shane has had plenty of chances too

SeeMoreBut

Looks like a top 8 finish is required.

PGA expecting 375 total points required to make the playoffs.

Needs a good start tomorrow to give him a boost.

Power is on 376 so basically make the cut should be enough for him

AGC

SeeMoreBut wrote: »

Looks like a top 8 finish is required.

PGA expecting 375 total points required to make the playoffs.

Needs a good start tomorrow to give him a boost.

Power is on 376 so basically make the cut should be enough for him

Top 8 well within his limits after a bit of form last few weeks

FixdePitchmark

Just looking - there are guys who will have earned 3/4 of a million and will not got a card - amazing.

Just looking - if Shane was that tight , how come his number of events are so low 18 ?

He only played 6 in Europe too ?

Guys chasing are more up in the 26/27/28/29 events

loadwire

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Just looking - there are guys who will have earned 3/4 of a million and will not got a card - amazing.

Just looking - if Shane was that tight , how come his number of events are so low 18 ?

He only played 6 in Europe too ?

Guys chasing are more up in the 26/27/28/29 events

Maybe with the baby he wanted to be working a bit less and misjudged it.

Adiaga 2

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Just looking - there are guys who will have earned 3/4 of a million and will not got a card - amazing.

Just looking - if Shane was that tight , how come his number of events are so low 18 ?

He only played 6 in Europe too ?

Guys chasing are more up in the 26/27/28/29 events

He does seem to have the schedule of a world top 50 player even though he hasn't been there for a couple of years. He also said if he misses the FedEx top 125 this week, he will take 5-6 weeks off. I know there aren't many big events in Europe in that time but I'm surprised he wouldn't enter 1 or 2 ET events to try and boost his Euro ranking. Would he go for the web.com tour finals? Really expected Shane to have made a RC by now. Maybe next time.

Anyway, hope he gets the top-5 this week. Also, hope Seamus hangs on and progresses in the FedEx.

Mantis Toboggan

Nice Eagle on the 5th.

Huge week for him, hopefully he pulls it off.

martinkop

Is GMac playing for his card too? His exemptions must be nearly up now??

endabob1

Adiaga 2 wrote: »

He does seem to have the schedule of a world top 50 player even though he hasn't been there for a couple of years. He also said if he misses the FedEx top 125 this week, he will take 5-6 weeks off. I know there aren't many big events in Europe in that time but I'm surprised he wouldn't enter 1 or 2 ET events to try and boost his Euro ranking. Would he go for the web.com tour finals? Really expected Shane to have made a RC by now. Maybe next time.

Anyway, hope he gets the top-5 this week. Also, hope Seamus hangs on and progresses in the FedEx.

Slightly surprised at that as it is basically not playing till after the ryder cup. Fair enough there is then 3 big tournaments in a row, Duhill Links, British Masters & Sergios tournament
But he's striking distance of the top 60 in the RTD so thought if he missed the fed ex he would also play in Switzerland and portugal since he has won that in the past and maybe even in the dutch.... still I assume he knows what he's doing

kmart6

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Nice Eagle on the 5th.

Huge week for him, hopefully he pulls it off.

The fact it followed a bogey kinda takes away from it. Looking like he could be 7/8 shots behind afyer the 1st.

slave1

If anything he's done damage today to his chances, currently projected stuck on 139th, he needs to be advancing and making sure of the cut. V strong Friday required...

Mantis Toboggan

65 minimum needed tomorrow.

kmart6

Both of them screwed.