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

LuckyGent88

Another birdie or two before the end would be a very competitive total

PARlance

18th probably the only realistic birdie chance left. Would be great if the wind decided to pick up again

PARlance

Good 2 putt from 46ft to walk away with a Par 3 on 16

vienne86

Well he's whacked a great tee shot down the 17th. He seems to be driving very well. Tied 10th now.....this is great from Shane.

PARlance

46ft bunker shot to 2ft for par on 17. Still needs to make to putt.

Wonder will he go for 18 in 2

huey1975

295yards down the middle of the fairway on 18. 240 yards left to the hole

vienne86

PARlance wrote: »

46ft bunker shot to 2ft for par on 17. Still needs to make to putt.

Wonder will he go for 18 in 2

Well he's whacked another drive of nearly 300 yds up the 18th.

PARlance

TV said it was a birdie on 17... Not according to shot tracker or the PGA leaderboard

slave1

TV footage a bit behind, but still nice to see the lad's par putt on 17

PARlance

T9 now and I think a par on 18 should guarantee a Top 10 finish.

tayto lover

slave1 wrote: »

TV footage a bit behind, but still nice to see the lad's par putt on 17

They said it was a birdie and he was on -7.

PARlance

The lad has weight issues.... Because he's got massive balls

Went for 18 in 2 and made it to green side bunker. 4footer for birdie now.

tax_tutor1

Showing 4 footer for birdie on 18 now!

A New earth

Great to see him tied 6th at his stage, well done Shane

abff

And it's in!

mcgarrett

got it, great round.

PARlance

Birdies 18.
-4 for the best round of the day so far.

Super stuff.

josey_whale

A great weeks work!

vienne86

Birdied the 18th.......brilliant. Tied 6th right now - WOW! This is a great performance from Shane! Well done fella! Great to have someone to shout for!

vienne86

On the first page of the leaderboard!

First Up

Did he make it? TV went to a break.

By the way is anyone else driven mad by Sky showing the same few ads every break, including the maniac looking for hotel deals and the simpering bird doing the same in her dressing gown?

PARlance

Could very well finish in T5 if one of the lads ahead implodes.

And if someone has to implode, I really hope it's Vegas! Bouncing balls of heads now and leaving it up to playing partners to signal/shout.

First Up

vienne86 wrote: »

Birdied the 18th.......brilliant. Tied 6th right now - WOW! This is a great performance from Shane! Well done fella! Great to have someone to shout for!

A great week. Looking right at home. I think the spell in the US could be really valuable - he will benefit from being in that sort of company and knowing he can mix it.

He will also be the better for being away from some of the "distractions" at home. (I'll say no more.)

tayto lover

They showed JB Holmes shot 3 times and didn't show Shane's 18th hole at all.

slave1

****ing delighted

vienne86

First Up wrote: »

Did he make it? TV went to a break.

By the way is anyone else driven mad by Sky showing the same few ads every break, including the maniac looking for hotel deals and the simpering bird doing the same in her dressing gown?

Yup, the guy shaving his chest and the lassie with her gas bill.......doing my head in.

vienne86

tayto lover wrote: »

They showed JB Holmes shot 3 times and didn't show Shane's 18th hole at all.

I'd say Sky will interview him....Martin Laird on now.

PARlance

Hard to call at present but he should be picking up a cheque of about $160-170k for his weeks work.

He would have to sell a fair few course guides to make that sort of wedge.

cairny

First Up wrote: »

He will also be the better for being away from some of the "distractions" at home. (I'll say no more.)

Why is there always one.

ForeRight

First Up wrote: »

Did he make it? TV went to a break.

By the way is anyone else driven mad by Sky showing the same few ads every break, including the maniac looking for hotel deals and the simpering bird doing the same in her dressing gown?

I don't mind once they always have this gem every ad break

http://youtu.be/YQ643U7ccpM

aarymark

thats my first night in a long time gazing at shot tracker,super stuff shane dont ever change

slave1

T7 was $190k last year, strong dollar this year too.
Cha Ching

First Up

ForeRight wrote: »

I don't mind once they always have this gem every ad break

http://youtu.be/YQ643U7ccpM

Mmmmmm. Moving quickly along.....

slave1

ForeRight wrote: »

I don't mind once they always have this gem every ad break

http://youtu.be/YQ643U7ccpM

My eyes can't unsee that

vienne86

I suspect he might not stay on T7th, but he will be in the top 10 which is bloody brilliant!

PARlance

slave1 wrote: »

T7 was $190k last year, strong dollar this year too.
Cha Ching

And prize money is up this year. All depends on how many share the tie now.

Poor fella will have to pay most of it in tax anyway

MikeSD

When it comes to showing live play, Sky have very little power over who they can show. Now they should show him a lot more in Europe than they did last year, but I can't blame them here. Shane would be relatively unknown in the states.

d1980

Anyone have an idea how this will impact his ranking?

First Up

d1980 wrote: »

Anyone have an idea how this will impact his ranking?

It has to improve it a bit. Decent field.

vienne86

Shane seemed to drive very well today. Just watching some guys now, spraying their drives around, and it's costing them. That was a great round from Shane.

vienne86

d1980 wrote: »

Anyone have an idea how this will impact his ranking?

Who knows? Are you there abff? Paging.....paging.......

PARlance

d1980 wrote: »

Anyone have an idea how this will impact his ranking?

Not sure, abff might be around to let us know as he's the expert.

@VC606 is worth a follow on twitter, bit of a rankings guru. He was saying that 41-60 in the world are extremely close, so this should give Shane some breathing room.

I'm not sure about the ranking points for this event, they are probably lower than an average PGA event. No Rory and more of the Top 50 playing on the European Tour this weekend than normal. So I don't think there'll be a big jump for him. But that's just a guess.

First Up

cairny wrote: »

Why is there always one.

Don't know why you are so defensive about it.

vienne86

First Up wrote: »

Don't know why you are so defensive about it.

Cairny got rather more thanks than you.

First Up

vienne86 wrote: »

Cairny got rather more thanks than you.

Aw shucks.

LuckyGent88

That is a superb week for shane. Really tough course to start his year off and he couldn't have asked for much better. Really bodes well for his year.

durkadurka

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

That is a superb week for shane. Really tough course to start his year off and he couldn't have asked for much better. Really bodes well for his year.

He's been s bit of a slow starter in the past so this bodes well

SevesThreeIron

Talk of a move to 41 or 42 in rankings if things stay as they are. That would be a move of about 2 or 3 places.

vienne86

Well his tied 7th is now confirmed. Tied with three others.

coylemj

SevesThreeIron wrote: »

Talk of a move to 41 or 42 in rankings if things stay as they are. That would be a move of about 2 or 3 places.

Horizon Sports (on Twitter) forecasting it will put him inside the top 40.