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

Not at all…I think Shane is the right choice and I doubt Rory would have been up for it anyway but if they could have incorporated an Ulster flag into it; it may have been a possibility. If he wins gold he'll have to stand for the national anthem and the tricolour in any case

It's completely undeserved.Remember Shane skipped the Olympics in 2016 which shows you how important they really are to him.

The flag bearers should be from people who the sport is the absolute pinnacle not golf where it's just a bit of a novelty event.

Loads more deserving people than him on the team who could have been flag bearers.

Ah but that doesn’t fit with the narrative tying to be spun.

This is the Olympics though, they should be prioritizing genuine Olympic athletes for whim the Olympics is the pinnacle.

Also he wasn't so proud to fly the flag in 2016.

He is a genuine Olympic athlete, what are you on about.

Yeah that's a different argument and one I have no interest in debating. Shane is on Team Ireland and perfectly entitled to be.

Good man Shane Lowry, Cmon Ireland.

Deary me , indeed. Somebody had to picked ..one man one woman athlete as with most countries if not all. If not him it would have been another saga about someone else.

Well done Shane , and am sure he will do Ireland proud !

The flag bearing is over now .

He's represented Ireland in the olympics in 2021 and this year. He is indeed an olympian. It is a fact and isn't subjective in any way.

If I was Shane I'd honestly be embarrassed to meet someone like Adeleke in the Olympic village as if he is some sort of olympic role model.

lol

Seriously. He qualified like everyone else. He's entitled to go. There's no reason to be embarrassed. Like zero reason.

A nothing round today until an eagle on the last from the fairway bunker.

Lowry bagged a $2m bonus for finishing 10th on regular season standings. Nice work.

Hovland had some performance last year in the last two events. It's one weekend of golf, so be super aggressive and with a bit of luck there's a big payday. Rory reeled in Scheffler in the year before with a pretty epic finish whereas Hovland's form was a career peak. Schauffele had a -19 to match Hovland last year but his starting rank was too low and ceded too many shots.

Have to be favouring the in-form golfers over last month or so. Aberg, Hideki, Scheffler, Schauffele have the right form and season to be hard to see past. Even Burns enters the discussion with consecutive top 5s. Hard to see Rory piece together 4 good rounds.

The field needs Scheffler, Schauffele and Hideki to take a tumble early. Would love to see Aberg shoot the lights out early doors, he's absolutely class.

The Big Man is putting together a great round today. He's so accurate off the tee these days. Looking like there could be a big pay day coming up for him.

Ha, actually jinxed him. Bogey after finding the rough.

looks like 1.5 mill today added to 2 mill he got for finishing top 10 fedex so nice end of season for him.Has to be most lucrative season so far for him,

He seemed to drive the ball well this week,chipped well,played par 5s decently and got some putts to drop.Hope Stats dont make a liar of me but that was my impression.

He has good touch for a big man as they say 😉

They definitely over egg his chipping on the broadcast, it's decent but he's nowhere near the best.

Rory, Scottie and Xander are incredible around the greens.

His scrambling stats are mostly affected by his worse than average putting though I'd say. He often hits good to decent chips to 3/4 feet but doesn't always hold them.

He said himself on a YouTube clip I watched not long ago that people talk about his short game but that it's actually the worst part of his game, and the stats don't lie.

From his perspective its his approach/iron game that he reckons is his biggest strength