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

Shane absolutely striping it through 6 holes. Can't hole a putt. Hopefully he can take his chances on scoring holes on back 9 and frustration doesn't kick in

*** then he holes a 50ft monster on 7

missed a 2 ft tiddler on first but got one he would not have expected to hole so all good.

Lowry has started well, but he's made a mess on the par 4 11th. His tee shot went into the trees, asked for the trees to spit it out in mid air and fortunately it did, back onto the fairway. Then his second shot was well short, his third on the green but well short of the flag. His par putt effort was very good, but just edged past the hole, so first bogey on the card. Back to -2.

Looked like he might have been blocked out unless he tried to cut it off the water.

Lowry missed 8ft birdie putt on 12th and he looks incredibly frustrated, angrily tapped his par putt in. He's not doing amazing but not awful either, with that kind of attitude the rest of the weekend doesn't bode well for him

Shane's ball stroking ..... gave me a giggle

Last 5 par fives ...Lowry ... 5 pars

Rahm 4 birdies and a par

Koepka 4 pars and an eagle.

Edit : Finally a birdie 4 @15th

Losing ground bigtime at the par fives though.

last 3 holes 60 ft from hole each time, wont be top 5 if he doesnt start hitting it closer

I think Shane showed good resilence this week ,he drove the ball really well and his short game was sharp.His putting was poor though and his irons were not close enough mostly so it was an uphill battle.Pity about double on 15 .

Shane was on the cut and birdied last for some breathing space.I see Rahm shot -7 from +1 and Hovland only managed -1 today so plenty of scope for Shane here to move up with a mid 60s round.

Shane needs 2 or 3 weeks holiday ,always wondered why he took so many breaks,now we know.

drove it well and long,poor on green and mediocre on everything else.