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

PARlance

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118941053#Comment_118941053

You know me too well TBE

The Big Easy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118941089#Comment_118941089

Well with 200 yards in for Spieth there, I'd be going long and spinning it back to the pin

The Big Easy

I have to stop watching Shane on a Sunday night, sick after the Honda and sick again now

fullstop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118941064#Comment_118941064

Yeah probably wasn’t far out when you see the undulations, had to go for it at that point

dublin49

should have made playoff at least,went to his short game once too often to save him tonite,unlucky with some putts but definitely a bad miss not to make playoff.

Xander10

Didn't show the composure on the back 9. On a good run of form and you would hope he manages to get that win before a dip.

Still can't believe Jordan managed to win after some woeful putting.

eagle eye

The win is coming, he's been so consistent. A 2nd and two 3rd's, another two top 15's and then the matchplay where he didn't make it out of the group. That's his last six tournaments.

It's going to happen one of these weeks. I'd love if it was the PGA championship.

BoardsMember

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940998#Comment_118940998

So the first putt he sank was the one that no longer mattered, having missed several that mattered? Bottling it is an emotive, almost antagonistic description, but his game definitely wasn't there when he needed it most. And he would have expected to sink one of those pretty gettable putts.

Golfgraffix

Not sure I’d agree on the bottling it side.

His last 3 putts, (15, 16 and 17) were

14’, 11’ and 9’ approx

Tour averages for holing out are

9’ 43%

11’ 34%

14’ 25%

The putt on 17 was definitely makeable, it was so close too. Bottling it ??

Xander10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118942007#Comment_118942007

I thought it was more off the tee that he went awry. Bottling isn't just missing putts.

abff

Any time any Irish golfer loses a lead in a tournament, a load of people pile in to say that he bottled it. It’s like they’re lying in wait for the opportunity to pounce.

I know that everyone is entitled to their opinion, positive or negative, but I really wish some of them would give it a rest from time to time.

Rikand

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118942007#Comment_118942007

I suppose the point being made in the post previous to yours is that yes he missed those putts, but when he could no longer win the tournament on the 18th green, he drained that 10-15 footer for par with consumate ease.

abff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118942204#Comment_118942204

My comment was a general one rather than aimed at that specific post. The point made in that post was reasonable and could be considered evidence that he had let the pressure get to him at the previous holes when he still had a chance of winning the tournament.

But it’s not as if there wasn’t any pressure on him to make that final putt. It would have been easy for him to be despondent after what happened over the previous few holes, but he concentrated on making the putt, knowing that a miss would drop him from tied 3rd to tied 9th - a big difference in World Ranking and FedEx Cup points, not to mention a lot of money at stake (probably the lesast important of those three).

And let’s not forget the putt he sank on the final hole of his Ryder Cup doubles match to clinch a point for Europe. He can’t be accused of having bottled that one.

TheCitizen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118941706#Comment_118941706

He’s a real contender now for the Majors that are coming this season, not just a dark horse with a chance of top 10 finish. This is the best spell of his career, big wins will happen if he can keep his composure and get a little bit of luck.

boardise

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118942241#Comment_118942241

You seem to imply that he got the putt on the 18th because 'he concentrated on it'. Did he not 'concentrate' on the previous missed birdie putts ?

Concentration doesn't ensure holing a putt . I concentrate on all of mine where there is little or nothing depending on the outcome ( and my success percentage is, sadly,dismal ).

I assume concentration on putts is pretty much automatic and built-in for pros where there's much more at stake.

The Big Easy

The putting is a bit of a red herring, everyone misses 6 and 8 footers and Shane more than most.

His game went to pot for a couple of holes when he hit the front. Hoiked left on 14 (understandable but a poor shot), left a horrible bunker/sandy area shot to a green sloping away down to the water.

The position he was in the tournament, 4 is ok there but you can't make double.

Then couple of flare rights on 15 which is a birdie hole.

Then pulled himself back together to give himself chances coming in.

Personally I'm gutted for him, I'm sure he's pissed today, but hopefully he comes back stronger in the PGA.

PARlance

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118942601#Comment_118942601

The second on 14 was the big one, anywhere on the green and a two putt bogey was the play but easier said than done. He was giving up the lead by accepting a bogey there but he would have known that he would have another couple of chances.

It was a relatively cluttered leaderboard, I think he would be aggressive again given the same opportunity. At their level, they're probably looking at the putt from the drop as being somewhat makeable.

Absolutely no doubt he bounces back but it'll be added to the list of "ones that got away".

abff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118942357#Comment_118942357

That’s not what I’m suggesting at all. I was merely making the point that it would have been easy for him to become despondent and not take his time over the putt.

PARlance

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118941101#Comment_118941101

I think Spieths shot was probably the right shot, just poorly executed, as he seemed to really pull it.

Cantlay's was a bit bizarre and a bit of a brain freeze imo. The commentators had called it that he was really pushing it with his club selection. Extra club, 10 yards past the hole and he was piling the pressure on Spieth.

lawred2

His putting didn't beat him. His double bogey did. Chipping into the water did it for him.

Mantis Toboggan

Definitely one that got away can't believe he's still not won since 2019.

dublin49

looking at his back 9 yesterday ,he was dodging bullets before the 14th double so wasnt one errant shot,his game got away from him and only got it back on track on 16th which left it late.When leaders came to the turn a graphic came up showing how much more difficult the back 9 was playing than the front so the hard bit was to come as Van Rooyen and Shane who were coasting discovered to their cost.

paulos53

It looks as if he is carrying Poulter today. -6 through 13 with Shane getting 5 of the 6 birdies.

PokeHerKing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118957454#Comment_118957454

Good thing too, I doubt Poulter could lift Shane.

abff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118957493#Comment_118957493

😂🤣😂

Panrich

But Poulter certainly picked the outfits.

Xander10

Is there anything in the Kimmage interview to make that rag worth buying?

waterwelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118969191#Comment_118969191

Download an app called pocket, gets past pay walls.

Doesn't always work and haven't used it lately but does the job for me often enough.

dublin49

looks like Shane not playing until USPGA,strange not to play for 3 weeks before Major?

tobsey

He’d played 6 of the previous 8 weeks so probably felt he needed the rest. I’m surprised he didn’t take two off and then play the week before but maybe the course the week before doesn’t suit him.

sorry 7 of 9 weeks, he played the team event, the Zurich classic, as well but that doesn’t appear on owgr site.