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

abff

dublin49 wrote: »

maybe silly question ,is Lowry only trying to overtake the guy infront of him on the world list and doesnt matter what movement happens on European list ,Haro must be worried at Rose +13 for 2 rounds.

Not a silly question at all. Both lists matter, but Lowry is currently a lot closer to getting into an automatic qualifying spot on the World Points list than he is on the European Points list. But someone could hop from one list to the other, distorting who needs to do what in order to make either list.

abff

Speak Now wrote: »

Shane is in the feature group on the U.S open app for those that want to suffer every shot

And he just sank a great putt on 8 to get back to level par for the round and has a makeable birdie putt coming up at the par 5 9th.

abff

And it’s in! Back to 3 over for the tournament.

ionadnapokot

Back to back birds. 1 under for the front 9

sliabh 1956

just missed a very short put on the 16th back to 4 over

abff

Shocking miss from around 2 feet on 16. Back to level par for the day, +4 overall.

abff

abff wrote: »

Shocking miss from around 2 feet on 16. Back to level par for the day, +4 overall.

4ft 7 according to the tracker...

abff

Exactly wrote: »

4ft 7 according to the tracker...

No way was that 4ft 7. And a 6 on the 18th to put a tin cap on it!

sliabh 1956

Himself and his playing partner both looked pretty disinterested I watched most of his round they both were chatting away and the caddies were having a good old natter too

Panrich

abff wrote: »

No way was that 4ft 7. And a 6 on the 18th to put a tin cap on it!

+2 for 3 attempts at 18 is losing about 3-4 shots to the field.

He hit more greens in regulation than the Bland in the first two rounds despite his driving being a little wayward. He is ranked first for strokes gained with his approaches though. Off the tee and putting has been his biggest weaknesses this week.

TheRiverman

Shane's body language was poor today. Hopefully getting home for the Irish Open and then on to Royal St. Georges will give him momentum.
I mentioned this in a post recently, would he benefit from a change of caddie ?

Speak Now

TheRiverman wrote: »

Shane's body language was poor today. Hopefully getting home for the Irish Open and then on to Royal St. Georges will give him momentum.
I mentioned this in a post recently, would he benefit from a change of caddie ?

He did benefit from a change of caddy

TheRiverman

Speak Now wrote: »

He did benefit from a change of caddy

He did,two years ago. I just feel it's gone a bit stale now.

Speak Now

TheRiverman wrote: »

He did,two years ago. I just feel it's gone a bit stale now.

Top 10 in 3 of his last 4 events including top 5 in a major? Hardly stale tbf.

Widdensushi

Speak Now wrote: »

Top 10 in 3 of his last 4 events including top 5 in a major? Hardly stale tbf.

Sure don't you know if he is not competing in every competition it is stale, he is only playing against a bunch of amateurs 😉😉

badabing106

abff wrote: »

Shocking miss from around 2 feet on 16. Back to level par for the day, +4 overall.

A hungover 10 handicapper playing in his monthly weekend Medal competition would not have missed a 15 inch putt like that!

abff

Very poor round from Shane today. 6 over after 16 holes with not a single birdie. Down to tied 62nd overall and only going to pick up the minimum 1.5 world ranking points he was guaranteed for making the cut.

Trampas

abff wrote: »

Very poor round from Shane today. 6 over after 16 holes with not a single birdie. Down to tied 62nd overall and only going to pick up the minimum 1.5 world ranking points he was guaranteed for making the cut.

Only thing he should be thankful is Perez is playing rubbish. I did wonder if scraping through the cut in us open is any benefit for your game as if not playing well you can hit some high scores and do your confidence no good.

TheRiverman

After this very poor week he will be coming home. He is a self confessed home bird, so seeing his family here, and playing in Mount Juliet could be a big positive for him and then after that The Open in Royal St. Georges.

dublin49

wouldnt be stepping in front of Shane with a microphone after that 7 on 18,might be anatomically dangerous.

Panrich

dublin49 wrote: »

wouldnt be stepping in front of Shane with a microphone after that 7 on 18,might be anatomically dangerous.

Only himself to blame so he shouldn't be angry with anyone else. He looked half-arsed for the last two days.

dublin49

Panrich wrote: »

Only himself to blame so he shouldn't be angry with anyone else. He looked half-arsed for the last two days.

Nah, sometimes the course just wins,look at Rose +13 for 2 rounds,I would imagine Shane took one or two too many body blows and that was him done.Some big numbers being posted by good players and for Shane to be competitive he needs to drive it reasonably well and have a good week with the putter and that didnt happen.

abff

The 7 at the 18th makes no difference to his world ranking points and minimal difference to his FedEx Cup Points and Prize Money. No idea what happened to home over the last 22 holes. He left a putt in the jaws at the 15th yesterday when 1 under for the day, then missed a tiddler at the 16th and found water at the 18th.

That seems to have knocked the stuffing out of him and he looked totally out of sorts today. Hopefully, the return to these parts for a few weeks will allow him to reground himself.

abff

Nice closing round of 66 by Shane today. Currently tied 12th, but will no doubt fall back during the day.

slave1

Who knows, some wicked weather about

DuckSlice

heavyballs wrote: »

more chance of Ronan Rafferty coming back and winning a major imo,i said it at the time here that he was too hasty to turn pro and i beleive this has been proved.It took him 3 or 4 months before he started to do any proper physical training and it was stated in the media(could well be bs)that he was doing very little practice compared to the other pro's.
He'll be running a pro shop in 5 years imo

Lol. This post is from 12 years ago but it made me laugh so had to quote it

TheRiverman

abff wrote: »

Nice closing round of 66 by Shane today. Currently tied 12th, but will no doubt fall back during the day.

His first bogey free round in a long time. Hopefully an good omen for The Open.

Felexicon

He's going well. A shoe in for the Ryder Cup now!!!

dublin49

few early birdies tomorrow and get in or close to the mix and you never know ,would take top 3 for him now though

abff

Nice birdie by Shane on the 6th after starting with 5 pars. He is in one of the featured groups on open.com, so you can watch every shot live. And a nice drive on the par 5 7th.

abff

Finished with a 69 that could have been so much better if a few close calls had dropped. Should move him into the automatic qualifying spots for the Ryder Cup.

dublin49

watched most of Shanes shots and he played pretty well,drew an almost unplayable in the bunker on 10 and had to hit it backwards in the sand and made incredible bogey from there.With a bit of luck could have finished a few better but was never winning today the way the scoring is going..He was certainly getting his putts close and was very unlucky with a few,Casey was the same as nothing dropped for him,might be partners in Ryder cup as seemed to get on well.

boardise

Good show again from Shane. Surprisingly he couldn't birdie the easiest hole the par 5 14th (one of two players in top 32 to miss out ).

me89

Any idea if that finish gets him into the automatic Ryder cup spots?

abff

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117628458#Comment_117628458

As mentioned above, yes. Maybe my choice of words could have been less ambiguous - i should have said will move him into the automatic qualifying spots.

Rikand

A very solid defense of his title

TheRiverman

I thought when he went to 7 under that he would finish in the top 5, still tied for 12th is a very good finish.

abff

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117629140#Comment_117629140

Updated table has been published and Lowry is currently in the final automatic qualifying spot - 19 points ahead of Perez and 34 points ahead of MacIntyre. Better to be on the inside looking out rather than on the outside looking in, but relatively small margin bearing in mind double weighting now applying to all points earned.

dublin49

will Perez and MacIntyre qualify for the playoffs,dont see them in Fedex rankings.

abff

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117630685#Comment_117630685

Neither of them is a member of the US tour, so they won’t be eligible for the playoffs.

big_drive

Really consistent major form

21st masters

4th Pga championship

12th Open championship

The bones of 600k in prize money too from the majors this year, handy stuff

I think that's great stuff from Lowry , previously there was question marks about consistency. At least now even on weeks where he's not realistically going to win he's grinding out a decent result.

I can see him winning very shortly

abff

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117630845#Comment_117630845

A win in the Olympics would do nicely. Although it wouldn’t earn him any Ryder Cup points.

Regarding Ryder Cup qualification, I think the main threat to his place among the automatic qualifiers will come through the European Points table. There are a number of players, including Wiesberger, Perez, MacIntyre and Migliozzi who aren’t that far behind Fitzpatrick in 4th and Hatton in 3rd.

If either of them drops out of the European points top 4, they will then get a place through the World points list, where they are currently significantly ahead of Shane. So he needs to keep playing well if he is going to retain his place in the automatic qualifiers.

allybhoy

Has to be a shoe in for the ryder cup team at this stage, even if he narrowly misses out on merit id be shocked if he wasnt a captains pick.

abff

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117635951#Comment_117635951

If he needs a pick, it will put Padraig in a very awkward position. I think he would only get the nod if there weren’t three other strong candidates in need of a pick.

ElisaAtWar

Out of interest how does Rory McIlroy qualify as Irish. Great to see both Rory and Shane doing well in the Olympics but I am at a loss to understand how Rory qualifies as ROI?

TheCitizen

Where is RTE getting these pictures from? They’re going out of their way not to show any coverage of Lowry. Very annoying.

TheCitizen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117681101#Comment_117681101

What are you talking about?

TheCitizen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117637002#Comment_117637002

If Lowry needs a pick, he’ll be picked, no doubt about it.

ElisaAtWar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117681117#Comment_117681117

All NI athletes are UK representives at the Olympics. So how did Rory get the choice to be ROI athlete. Simple question

Cosmo Kramer

All NI competitors can choose between Ireland and the British at the Olympics. It's their individual choice. Over 20 NI competitors chose the Ireland team, including McIlroy. Seven competing for the Brits.