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

OffalyMedic

3-over par second-round for Shane Lowry, he's +5 & 71st of 78 players into weekend at HSBC Champions in Shanghai


Oh God Shane what are you at!! Not winning another wgc this weekend anyway

slave1

Think of where he is, food, tummy bugs etc.

benny79

Course might-en suit him. Everyone has a course they never play well on!

AGC

He handed his ball and his putter to a young lad walking off the 18th yesterday!

Panrich

AGC wrote: »

He handed his ball and his putter to a young lad walking off the 18th yesterday!

He's obviously not performing too well this week but he has been doing very well every time he tees it up nowadays, so a blip is to be expected at some point. The better he gets though, the more pressure he seems to put on himself. He seems to look a bit frustrated quicker this season. It's probably a trait that he needs to get as high as he can, but the easy-going Shane Lowry might not surface as often in future.

slave1

Panrich wrote: »

... he has been doing very well every time he tees it up nowadays...

Forgive my poetic quote, this is it though, his teeing and approach play is spot on, his putting has been killing him for quite a while, look what happened when he putted like a demon, he won a WGC, this is what frustrates him (and Rory too I suspect), not surprised he gave his putter away, saves breaking it

pistol_75

AGC wrote:

He handed his ball and his putter to a young lad walking off the 18th yesterday!

He was trying out a new putter so obviously decided it wasn't for him :-)

BoardsMember

benny79 wrote: »

Course might-en suit him. Everyone has a course they never play well on!

I'm far from a grammar Nazi, but this is a first for me, never seen that before.

abff

Yikes! What is happening to Shane? He's just gone 6, 7 to go to 5 over for his round after 9 holes and is 27th out of 30 players. Hopefully the winter break will give him an opportunity to sort things out.

slave1

He's been brutal since his WGC, putting demoralising

vienne86

slave1 wrote: »

He's been brutal since his WGC, putting demoralising

Actually he has been disappointing all right. Hopefully this break will help get him back on track.

abff

slave1 wrote: »

He's been brutal since his WGC, putting demoralising

He's actually had a couple of decent results since the WGC - tied 2nd at the British Masters and 8th in Turkey. His putting woes seem to have started the following week and he's been all over the place since then.

HighLine

His putting woes have been for most of the year unfortunately. Spent the majority of his Friday round at the Irish Open putting with a wedge after breaking his putter early on. Hopefully next year he will get it going again.

HighLine

On a more positive note.... nice to see him make it onto the PGA's top 10 shots of the year list... who could forget this beauty

https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/672083008350871552

vienne86

Finishing the year at number 21 in the world is still great. Let's hope he sorts out his putting during the break.

slave1

HighLine wrote: »

His putting woes have been for most of the year unfortunately. Spent the majority of his Friday round at the Irish Open putting with a wedge after breaking his putter early on...QUOTE]

He didn't break it, he damaged it and as it was 'non-conforming' he could not use it during the round

HighLine

slave1 wrote: »

He didn't break it, he damaged it and as it was 'non-conforming' he could not use it during the round

No, he broke it alright. He swung it against the rope posts in temper and it bent. That's called breaking it.

abff

Does anyone know why Shane is not playing in the HTOC this week? I presume he qualifies by virtue of his WGC win, or does it not count because he was not a member of the PGA Tour when he won it?

Speak Now

abff wrote: »

Does anyone know why Shane is not playing in the HTOC this week? I presume he qualifies by virtue of his WGC win, or does it not count because he was not a member of the PGA Tour when he won it?

Concentrating on the Eurasia cup next week.

coylemj

abff wrote: »

Does anyone know why Shane is not playing in the HTOC this week? I presume he qualifies by virtue of his WGC win, or does it not count because he was not a member of the PGA Tour when he won it?

No, he qualified from the WGC all right but he's clearly decided not to play as he's listed as a qualifier here ......

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/hyundai-tournament-of-champions/qualifiers.html

abff

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Concentrating on the Eurasia cup next week.

I'm having trouble understanding his priorities here. Unless it's a way of showing his commitment to playing in the Ryder Cup. But even then, he's passing up on some guaranteed OWGR points.

Speak Now

abff wrote: »

I'm having trouble understanding his priorities here. Unless it's a way of showing his commitment to playing in the Ryder Cup. But even then, he's passing up on some guaranteed OWGR points.

That's exactly what he's doing, If Clarke wasn't captaining this you cant imagine he'd be there. Bit of a worry seeing Clarke give captain picks to Westwood and Poulter for this also. Any of the younger lads on the bubble will probably have to play their way into the team.

Rikand

Even if Westwood doesn't make a single cut for the rest of the year, he'll still be on the ryder cup team

First Up

Rikand wrote: »

Even if Westwood doesn't make a single cut for the rest of the year, he'll still be on the ryder cup team

I very much doubt that.

abff

Rikand wrote: »

Even if Westwood doesn't make a single cut for the rest of the year, he'll still be on the ryder cup team

I agree that Clarke is likely to look favourably on Westwood if he is anywhere close to automatic qualification, but if he is badly off form, he will be asked to become a vice captain, rather than a playing member.

Rikand

I wasnt thinking of vice captain - that would make more sense

coylemj

Is that the Chubby factor or are Clarke and Westwood old mates anyway?

Bluefoam

coylemj wrote: »

Is that the Chubby factor or are Clarke and Westwood old mates anyway?

What?

Bluefoam

coylemj wrote: »

Is that the Chubby factor or are Clarke and Westwood old mates anyway?

What?

First Up

Bluefoam wrote: »

What?

Both are managed by Chubby Chandler.