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

Speak Now

Almost another ace, shame about the short birdie putt.
Birdie on the last would be nice but I hope he doesnt bring a 6 into play.
Leaderboard very packed and lots of points at play.

cairny

On 18 in 2, that should do it. Great stuff. Deserved the bit of luck with the rocks.

h2005

Great stuff by him. Got the job done this week.

Speak Now

Brilliant final round! Gets him into top 50 OWGR, into the race to Dubai bonus pool and into next years first WGC event at Blue Monster.

soundsham

3rd $520k
4th $400k
5th $320k
6th $260k
7th $232k
8th $216k

A bonus of €100k minimum if he gets into top 15 in r2d

Outstanding stuff

abff

Nice interview just now.

the lawman

Made up for him. These bigger events bring bigger purses too. If he keeps on this upward trend the sky's the limit. ****ing beauty Shane.

LuckyGent88

Great final round. Delighted for him. Onwards and upwards next season hopefully.

Old diesel

Nice finish by the sounds of it - lovely stuff

abff

Hopefully there won't be too many birdies made by those currently on Shane's score or one or two back. It's unlikely he will remain in tied 3rd, but could fall as far as 10th if those chasing him score lots of birdies. Difficult to say at this stage if he has done enough to make the top 15 in the Race to Dubai and get a share in the bonus pool.

FixdePitchmark

Class the way he ramped it up this season. Nice to look forward to all majors with him in it.

I still fancy him winning The British Open :D

We only see the glory of the tournaments - but clearly Shane - has put in big work.
His putting was fairly poor the other day - but was just a bad day he was on TV.

Made up for him .

slave1

Fair dues...

Rikand

what a man! What a hero!

Look what happens when you get behind someone instead of putting them down all the time!

FixdePitchmark

Rikand wrote: »

what a man! What a hero!

Look what happens when you get behind someone instead of putting them down all the time!

Yes there were lads on this thread - going on as if he was a hacker from the midlands - even after he had won an Irish Open. :eek:

Then there were lads giving him stick when he was top 100
Then when he was top 75
Then when he was top 60

Now top 50. Maybe this will be the end of it. :D

soundsham

Could finish t3 here
more ranking pts
Bello p1ssing €'s away faster than John Daly at a blackjack table

soundsham

5th $320k

Bluefoam

soundsham wrote: »

5th $320k

Wow, thats almost 3 moths wages for me... and he was able to earn it in just one weekend...!

FixdePitchmark

Are the winnings in dollars ?

slave1

soundsham wrote: »

5th $320k

..and $150k in the bonus pool...winnings in US$

slave1

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Yes there were lads on this thread - going on as if he was a hacker from the midlands - even after he had won an Irish Open. :eek:

Then there were lads giving him stick when he was top 100
Then when he was top 75
Then when he was top 60

Now top 50. Maybe this will be the end of it. :D

Really needs to be thinking Top 30 by end of next year, first major and secure Ryder Cup spot, else he should jack it in...hacker

FixdePitchmark

Lol.

Slave.

High standards from us mid to high handicap players.

Steven81

@vc606 has him up to 47th in new rankings.

Targets achieved for this year. Great for him and his team

Speak Now

Finished 10th in race to Dubai, more bobs :cool:

vienne86

Steven81 wrote: »

@vc606 has him up to 47th in new rankings.

Targets achieved for this year. Great for him and his team

Well done Shane. Great effort.

the lawman

I love him. Real man crush stuff here.

Rikand

the lawman wrote: »

I love him. Real man crush stuff here.

It's all about that beard!

abff

Steven81 wrote: »

@vc606 has him up to 47th in new rankings.

Targets achieved for this year. Great for him and his team

I did some calcs and came up with the same result. Shane's revised average points is 2.713 by my reckoning and his projected year end average is 2.515, plus whatever points he picks up in the Nedbank.

He should be safe enough for top 50 at year end, but it depends on how those who are just behind him do between now and year end. They probably will have limited playing opportunities, although the Nedbank and the Hero World Target will offer quite a few world ranking points.

pistol_75

abff wrote: »

I did some calcs and came up with the same result. Shane's revised average points is 2.713 by my reckoning and his projected year end average is 2.515, plus whatever points he picks up in the Nedbank.

He should be safe enough for top 50 at year end, but it depends on how those who are just behind him do between now and year end. They probably will have limited playing opportunities, although the Nedbank and the Hero World Target will offer quite a few world ranking points.

I think they have reduced the points on offer in those in recent years because of the limited fields.

Speak Now

pistol_75 wrote: »

I think they have reduced the points on offer in those in recent years because of the limited fields.

Possible the opposite since it became an official event and field increased to 30 players.
Of course only a percentage of prize will count towards 2015 race to Dubai.

abff

pistol_75 wrote: »

I think they have reduced the points on offer in those in recent years because of the limited fields.

I think the only restriction is that last place can not be worth more than 2.40 world ranking points if there are fewer than 30 players. Both tournaments offered 46 points to the winner last season, with 5th place getting 11.04 points, 10th place getting 6.44 points and last place getting 2.40 points in the World Challenge (because there were only 18 players; 17th place got 3.91 points) and last pace (30th) in the Nedbank getting 2.08 points.

So there's lots of points at stake. We'll have a better idea how Shane is fixed when we see who is entered for these events this year

Speak Now

Last place in Nedbank gets $100k, nice way to ease into 2015 season.
Nothing like being on the gravy train.

vienne86

Just checked the OWGR list. Lovely to see Shane perched on 47!

bigtimecharlie

vienne86 wrote: »

Just checked the OWGR list. Lovely to see Shane perched on 47!

Happy day's. So long as next year gets off to a good start, he'll be grand.

soundsham

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Happy day's. So long as next year gets off to a good start, he'll be grand.

This year he had a shocking start
Things didn't get going till the BMW @ wentworth
Playing well in the big events is more important that's where the ranking points are

LuckyGent88

Looks like he is starting a well deserved holiday.
Serious farmers/golfers tan on him

Montgolfier

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Looks like he is starting a well deserved holiday.
Serious farmers/golfers tan on him

You think he'll ever lose the gut? Most pros these days work out a lot to improve their game.

slave1

Montgolfier wrote: »

You think he'll ever lose the gut? Most pros these days work out a lot to improve their game.

Really? You want to go there???

searay

soundsham wrote: »

This year he had a shocking start
Things didn't get going till the BMW @ wentworth
Playing well in the big events is more important that's where the ranking points are

His schedule for this year was planned to skip the early season low money events in Asia, play the high money events when they reached Europe with a view to qualifying for and peaking in the big money events late in the season.

He has doubled his winnings and made the top 50 so he got it right.

Once he is in the top 50 at Christmas, his schedule for 2015 will be based around the wgc events and majors with higher ranking points. He'll probably drop out of the top 50 early in the new year but will rely on getting good points in these events to stay in the top 50.


Getting in to the top 50 seems to be harder than staying there. Some players get in through a surprise win in a big event. He had to really grind it out to get there, especially turning it around after a bad finish last week. That should stand to him.

I think we should be looking forward to seeing more of him at the big events.

Montgolfier

slave1 wrote: »

Really? You want to go there???

ooh touchy subject, I get it.☺

abff

Montgolfier wrote: »

ooh touchy subject, I get it.☺

Not so much a touchy subject as inappropriate timing. Let's just celebrate his achievement for a day or two before we start banging on again about his physique.

Dr Devious

abff wrote: »

Not so much a touchy subject as inappropriate timing. Let's just celebrate his achievement for a day or two before we start banging on again about his physique.

How many people here would gladly have that physique along side with his golfing ability....I suspect quite a few.


BTW he's not that bad, actually looks bigger on the telly than in the flesh.

TrapperChamonix

searay wrote: »

His schedule for this year was planned to skip the early season low money events in Asia, play the high money events when they reached Europe with a view to qualifying for and peaking in the big money events late in the season.

He has doubled his winnings and made the top 50 so he got it right.

Once he is in the top 50 at Christmas, his schedule for 2015 will be based around the wgc events and majors with higher ranking points. He'll probably drop out of the top 50 early in the new year but will rely on getting good points in these events to stay in the top 50.


Getting in to the top 50 seems to be harder than staying there. Some players get in through a surprise win in a big event. He had to really grind it out to get there, especially turning it around after a bad finish last week. That should stand to him.

I think we should be looking forward to seeing more of him at the big events.

The bit I done like is how invitational events can have very high ranking points which only serve to lock people out of the ability to earn points. The Masters is obviously the most prominent one with the highest points but the same can be said of the World Matchplay and Tigers invitational.

abff

TrapperChamonix wrote: »

The bit I done like is how invitational events can have very high ranking points which only serve to lock people out of the ability to earn points. The Masters is obviously the most prominent one with the highest points but the same can be said of the World Matchplay and Tigers invitational.

There is definitely an obstacle to making it to the top table. Once you get inside the top 50, you have a definite advantage against those outside it, because of the 'easy' points that are available from some tournaments. I'm not sure I'd include the Masters as an easy opportunity to pick up points, but it's a lot better to be in it than not.

I think the two invitational events that are on next week are the most egregious example of a 'golden circle' approach. When they were unofficial tournaments, it could be argued that they were just a gravy train with no knock on effects. But now that they qualify for world ranking points (and the Nedbank also counts towards the Race to Dubai), they will have an impact on players' ability to qualify for other tournaments and I don't think that's really fair.

Having said that, it is what it is, and I hope that Shane picks up a whole load of points next week to consolidate his position in the top 50.

loadwire

http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/shane-lowrys-firstclass-ticket-to-ride-30771413.html

mickmackey1

So we have one golfer in the world's top 320. This must be the worst ever time for Irish Republic golf.

Telecaster58

mickmackey1 wrote: »

So we have one golfer in the world's top 320. This must be the worst ever time for Irish Republic golf.

What a stupid observation You might as well say Offaly only has one golfer in the world's top 1000

mickmackey1

Telecaster58 wrote: »

What a stupid observation You might as well say Offaly only has one golfer in the world's top 1000

You've already made an ape of yourself on the Monty thread, now back to your lego.

Telecaster58

mickmackey1 wrote: »

You've already made an ape of yourself on the Monty thread, now back to your lego.

Glad to see you now realise your observation was asinine

vienne86

Can we get back to talking about Shane please?

abff

Does anyone know when they are announcing the final field for the Nedbank Challenge? There are only 15 names listed at present.

The press are saying that Shane is guaranteed being in the top 50 at year end, no matter what happens over the next 5 weeks. I'd be more certain of this if there are no more than 3 players in the Nedbank who would be capable of overtaking him, assuming the worst possible combination of results from his perspective. Once the field is finalised, I'll be able to work out the estimated world ranking points available and whether he is at risk.

By the way, I've looked at the field for the Hero World Challenge and the lowest ranked player is at 38 in this week's world rankings. It's a pretty strong field, with 7 of the top ten and 16 of the top 24 in the world rankings. Based on this week's world rankings (which are not likely to change much over the next week), it will be worth 46 points to the winner (same as last year).