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

gorfield · 08-12-2009 3:34pm

conno16 wrote: »

yes i would
but my celebrations wouldn't involve me jumping up on down on a green like some sort of redneck that had just been released for the day
decorum is required on the golf course at all times

Decorum is also required on a public forum.

gorfield · 08-12-2009 3:40pm

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Gorfield, like it or not, your buddy is in the public domain now. Rightly or wrongly, he's going to be criticised by know-nothing shyte talkers, and will probably get (is getting?) flak from more knowledgable sources too.

He's also going to be praised to high-heaven by the same breed of idiot, and "expert analysts" when he performs well once again.

He's not an amateur anymore. He's being paid money derrived from the golfing public, and the golfing public will have their say. I've never met the guy, but I will say that I think to defend him like that on a public forum does the chap a disservice. I can see your frustration, but if I were you, or in Lowry's camp, the last thing I'd be doing is dignifying such idle criticism with the his details above. It's pointless, and only serves to add merit to what would otherwise be a throw-away argument.

Good point, and taken.

f22 · 08-12-2009 3:42pm

conno16 wrote: »

yes i would
but my celebrations wouldn't involve me jumping up on down on a green like some sort of redneck that had just been released for the day
decorum is required on the golf course at all times

One of those 'rednecks' was his good friend Rory McIlroy, guess he might know a thing or two about decorum on course.

Sorry, better to raise your glass of pims and look down on the common folk. I've yet to read a comment of yours that isn't written specifically to annoy someone!

powerfade · 08-12-2009 4:03pm

golfbgud wrote: »

Has Lee Westwood and Ross Fisher actually fully and openly endorsed Mark Roe as being their wonder short game coach?

Direct quote from Ross Fisher's Europen Tour blog "I’ve been working hard on my short game with Mark Roe recently and there were some shots out there that week that really paid dividends."

Great occasion watching Shane win this year, a great moment for Irish sport and Irish golf. With 3 golfers in the top 50 in world rankings at the moment, Irish golf has not looked so rosy in some time. Our golfers are providing us with great entertainment on a almost weekly basis.

Shane has proven he has the game and the temperament to win and I wish him continued success next year. He needs to work hard and get in better shape and realise what it takes to become a top pro, but from his interview he knows this already and is taking steps to rectify this.

DU.LLAHAN · 08-12-2009 10:54pm

God there is alot of post's on this thread, havent read them all but why doesnt some one save this thread and bring it back out in 12 months time, and see if peoples opinion of him has changed. Since he has only played for six months as a pro lets see what he can do in twelve months. He is 138 in the world
http://www.officialworldgolfranking.com/rankings/default.sps?region=world&PageCount=3

Lets see where he is this time next year and judge him on the year past.

jimjo · 10-12-2009 9:36am

Whatever people think about Shane, he's gone round the front 9 in -5 T3 in the Alfred Dunhill Championship

That a boy Shane!!

gorfield · 10-12-2009 2:05pm

1st rd 67.

Driving avg. 300.5yds
GIR. 15/18
Fairways hit. 10/14
Putts per rd/gir. 24
Scrambles from missed gir. 2/3

Your all right he needs to get his game in shape alright.

conno16 · 10-12-2009 2:45pm

tell him to call over to my house with his medals

gorfield · 10-12-2009 2:47pm

conno16 wrote: »

tell him to call over to my house with his medals

What on earth are you on about?????

f22 · 10-12-2009 3:15pm

conno16 wrote: »

tell him to call over to my house with his medals

Your Ian Poulter shrine might frighten him away. That Alan Partridge episode springs to mind .......

L.O.F.T · 10-12-2009 3:16pm

gorfield wrote: »

What on earth are you on about?????

Dont do It gorfield

GreeBo · 10-12-2009 3:42pm

gorfield wrote: »

1st rd 67.

Driving avg. 300.5yds
GIR. 15/18
Fairways hit. 10/14
Putts per rd/gir. 24
Scrambles from missed gir. 2/3

Your all right he needs to get his game in shape alright.

1 round doth not a champion maketh.

GreeBo · 10-12-2009 3:43pm

f22 wrote: »

Your Ian Poulter shrine might frighten him away. That Alan Partridge episode springs to mind .......

He's a mentlalist!

Aidric · 10-12-2009 3:46pm

GreeBo wrote: »

1 round doth not a champion maketh.

True that. He made a solid opening to the HSBC champions as well and then bombed.

BiffoGooner · 10-12-2009 4:17pm

I wonder if Shane would be more accepted if he were from Dublin?Maybe I'm wrong but I get the odd sense of 'Ah sure he's only a bogger from down the country' about it all.

stumpypeeps · 10-12-2009 4:29pm

BiffoGooner wrote: »

I wonder if Shane would be more accepted if he were from Dublin?Maybe I'm wrong but I get the odd sense of 'Ah sure he's only a bogger from down the country' about it all.

If he was from Dublin he'd have sharted himself at Baltray last May.

You can take that to the bank.;)

f22 · 10-12-2009 4:29pm

BiffoGooner wrote: »

I wonder if Shane would be more accepted if he were from Dublin?Maybe I'm wrong but I get the odd sense of 'Ah sure he's only a bogger from down the country' about it all.

Way off the mark there, just typical good old fashioned Irish begrudgery to be honest

BiffoGooner · 10-12-2009 4:38pm

f22 wrote: »

Way off the mark there, just typical good old fashioned Irish begrudgery to be honest

I hope so.

Mister Sifter · 10-12-2009 4:45pm

BiffoGooner wrote: »

I wonder if Shane would be more accepted if he were from Dublin?Maybe I'm wrong but I get the odd sense of 'Ah sure he's only a bogger from down the country' about it all.

Do all non Dublin people have an inferiority complex against those from Dublin?

I think it's more to do with a lack of understanding and golf cop on to be honest.

f22 · 10-12-2009 4:49pm

BiffoGooner wrote: »

I hope so.

Seems like a likeable chap to me, anyone I know that knows him have only good thing to say about him. I have been well impressed by him and have seen him play quite a few times as an amateur.

I hope he does well.

stumpypeeps · 10-12-2009 4:53pm

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Do all non Dublin people have an inferiority complex against those from Dublin?

Not in sport we don't, quite the opposite.:p

gorfield · 10-12-2009 4:56pm

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Do all non Dublin people have an inferiority complex against those from Dublin?

I think it's more to do with a lack of understanding and golf cop on to be honest.

I disagree, iv grown up playing golf and the guys from dublin were always treated differently, always got picked on teams, no matter how bad they were! Its just something that happens in sport...and still does. You only have to look at the irish team at the home internationals in 2007 at baltray to see it in all its glory.....

PS i have absoloutly nothing against dublin people.

f22 · 10-12-2009 5:02pm

It's bizarre that even at the highest levels of the amateur game that something like that can exist. From what I've been told it's exactly like some of the **** that club team captains and commitees go on with, toys for the boys etc.

It seems that even at a high level if you annoy the wrong person your card is marked no matter how well you are playing.

ridonkulous · 11-12-2009 3:04pm

gorfield wrote: »

I disagree, iv grown up playing golf and the guys from dublin were always treated differently, always got picked on teams, no matter how bad they were! Its just something that happens in sport...and still does. You only have to look at the irish team at the home internationals in 2007 at baltray to see it in all its glory.....

So who do you believe didn't merit their place on the team?

And who was more deserving of a place?

mag · 11-12-2009 3:20pm

ridonkulous wrote: »

And who was more deserving of a place?

pat murray is one good recent example

markie4 · 11-12-2009 3:40pm

gorfield wrote: »

I disagree, iv grown up playing golf and the guys from dublin were always treated differently, always got picked on teams, no matter how bad they were! Its just something that happens in sport...and still does. You only have to look at the irish team at the home internationals in 2007 at baltray to see it in all its glory.....

PS i have absoloutly nothing against dublin people.

Gorfield, I think you're right in this particular case, but it does make me smile. Sounds remarkably similar to what Roy Keane, Stephen Ireland and even Damien Richardson (if you've heard the Off the Ball theme) have said about the "Dublin" bias, so you're in good company. Not a criticism of you, just an observation.

As a dub, I think it's true that if the selectors for any team are based/concentrated in a geographical area with dublin being the most likely place, then that'll be their bias.

tiptap · 11-12-2009 3:42pm

can't believe there is so much hype about this,
he wins one tournament...great..well done..

what has he done since...

for god's sake, people are talking like he's the hero of all heros

stumpypeeps · 11-12-2009 3:45pm

tiptap wrote: »

can't believe there is so much hype about this,
he wins one tournament...great..well done..

what has he done since...

for god's sake, people are talking like he's the hero of all heros

Just like that Crazy Frog. Where is he now?

markie4 · 11-12-2009 3:47pm

stumpypeeps wrote: »

Just like that Crazy Frog. Where is he now?

Crazy Frog's certainly not in top 150 golfers in the world, which Lowry currently is

stumpypeeps · 11-12-2009 3:48pm

markie4 wrote: »

Crazy Frog's certainly not in top 150 golfers in the world, which Lowry currently is

I think you might have missed my air of sarcasm...;)

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

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