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

kiers47 · 22-10-2018 11:00AM

According to the owgr guy on twitter(@VC606). Looks like he will move up to #70 from #87
Couple of more finishes like that and hopefully he can get back to Augusta.

RikkFlair · 22-10-2018 12:08PM

Do they still get full world ranking points due to only being a 54 hole event?

abff · 22-10-2018 12:24PM

RikkFlair wrote: »

Do they still get full world ranking points due to only being a 54 hole event?

As far as I kn

kiers47 · 22-10-2018 12:27PM

RikkFlair wrote: »

Do they still get full world ranking points due to only being a 54 hole event?

Yes. Points remain the same for events cut to 54 holes. If the events are reduced further to 36 holes points are reduced to 75% of previous allocation.

GreeBo · 22-10-2018 12:40PM

Minderbinder wrote: »

Hopefully this will give him some confidence and he takes the positives out of it. No point kicking himself over the double bogey. He had to take risks in chasing.

I didnt see any of it, did he go for a risky/50:50 shot or just generally aggressive and it didnt pay off?

coylemj · 22-10-2018 01:00PM

Up to 43 in the R2D rankings so looking good for a trip to Dubai.

markthespark77 · 03-11-2018 11:54AM

shane going well, 4 under for the round so far -8 overall, strong finish to get into the last few groups tomorrow

Rikand · 10-11-2018 10:22AM

Anyone else see Shane this morning telling Fritelli that it was totally against the spirit of the game for Dylan to be attempting to get relief

Referee was giving Fritelli a free drop when there's no way he should have been getting one. Shane waded in, rightly, and told Dylan he shouldnt take the drop, but ultimately said it was the call of the ref/player and fritelli took the drop anyways.

But fairplay to Shane. He was thinking of the players in the field when he spoke up and it would be great if more pros were proactive like that in calling out wrongs from their fellow pros

Trampas · 10-11-2018 10:45AM

What kind of relief was it?

Why would Shane or any other golfer think about the rest of the field but more about his own chances of winning.

More ranking points in states this week and last isn’t great for European tour

Rikand · 10-11-2018 10:53AM

Trampas wrote: »

What kind of relief was it?

Why would Shane or any other golfer think about the rest of the field but more about his own chances of winning.

More ranking points in states this week and last isn’t great for European tour

Fritelli was in the cabbage. He couldnt even see the ball. There was a sprinkler head about 2 yards away and fritelli attempted to include the sprinkler head on his swing path by aiming left with his feet and making a pronounced outside the line path that would bring his clubhead near the sprinkler.

Wayne Riley was going nuts in the commentary about it. Expletives and the like.

A referee was called

Shane Lowry stepped in and said "you're bang out of order. Obvoiusly i have no say, but I had to come over here and tell you that you're wrong to be even thinking about taking relief."

Which is essentially thinking about himself/the field because there's massive rankings points on offer for people trying to get into the race to dubai and fritelli (basically cheating) could have affected someone getting in our out of the main event.

Fritelli's only options were to hit and hope or take a penalty drop. really they were. But he got the relief from a sympathetic referee and that was that

HighLine · 10-11-2018 11:16AM

Was going to post about it in the European Tour Thread but since it's here..... absolutely fair play to Shane for trying to protect the field and call out Frittelli on his cheating. Hopefully the referee will be called up on the ruling and told to grow a pair the next time a player attempts to cheat his way into free relief.

ionadnapóca · 10-11-2018 11:23AM

Harrington would be proud!
Well done Shane

ionadnapóca · 10-11-2018 11:29AM

HAVE YOU EVER WITNESSED A FELLOW TOUR PLAYER CHEAT DURING A TOURNAMENT ROUND?
YES: 44%
NO: 56%
https://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/2018/09/20/many-pga-tour-players-say-theyve-witnessed-cheating-on-the-course-rather-than-blaming-the-refs-they-should-look-in-the-mirror/

AGC · 10-11-2018 12:17PM

Rikand wrote: »

Fritelli was in the cabbage. He couldnt even see the ball. There was a sprinkler head about 2 yards away and fritelli attempted to include the sprinkler head on his swing path by aiming left with his feet and making a pronounced outside the line path that would bring his clubhead near the sprinkler.

Wayne Riley was going nuts in the commentary about it. Expletives and the like.

A referee was called

Shane Lowry stepped in and said "you're bang out of order. Obvoiusly i have no say, but I had to come over here and tell you that you're wrong to be even thinking about taking relief."

Which is essentially thinking about himself/the field because there's massive rankings points on offer for people trying to get into the race to dubai and fritelli (basically cheating) could have affected someone getting in our out of the main event.

Fritelli's only options were to hit and hope or take a penalty drop. really they were. But he got the relief from a sympathetic referee and that was that

100%

Fritelli should be embarrassed the way he was going on but then to actually take the drop when he knows he was breaking the rules was a disgrace.

It wasn’t using the rules to your advantage like you see so often, it was cheating.

HighLine · 10-11-2018 12:41PM

https://twitter.com/Brendan_IRL/status/1061221929598812162

AGC · 10-11-2018 12:49PM

Fancied Shane to get to -6 or -7 today now looking like he’ll be -1

Minderbinder · 10-11-2018 02:03PM

AGC wrote: »

100%

Fritelli should be embarrassed the way he was going on but then to actually take the drop when he knows he was breaking the rules was a disgrace.

It wasn’t using the rules to your advantage like you see so often, it was cheating.

Doesn’t surprise me in the slightest it was a South African either.

razorblunt · 10-11-2018 10:17PM

https://twitter.com/tweetingolfer/status/1061229543460126721

The Fritelli incident.

AGC · 15-11-2018 02:40PM

Interesting draw in round 2 for Shane:D

Spideog Rua · 15-11-2018 03:59PM

AGC wrote: »

Interesting draw in round 2 for Shane:D

Was there any feedback from Fritelli about the incident?

AGC · 15-11-2018 04:44PM

Spideog Rua wrote: »

Was there any feedback from Fritelli about the incident?

Not that I saw/read

Presume he avoided it at all costs

Trampas · 16-01-2019 07:47AM

Started fast out of the blocks

Last few years he’s started on west coast instead of desert swing.

Maybe a sign to Shane that his place is here while he gets his game back as I’m sure he’d get invites in states most weeks

LuckyGent88 · 16-01-2019 09:26AM

Up to 10 under now thru 17. Some start

paulos53 · 16-01-2019 12:14PM

https://twitter.com/EuropeanTour/status/1085491748783181824

death1234567 · 16-01-2019 12:23PM

razorblunt wrote: »

The Fritelli incident.

What's the controversy about? I don't see anything there.

razorblunt · 16-01-2019 12:38PM

death1234567 wrote: »

What's the controversy about? I don't see anything there.

Jeez, let me dust the cobwebs off the play button on that video!

If I recall it was due to the ball actually being playable but obviously not ideal but Fritelli pulled a fast one and requested a free drop, which he subsequently was given.

RoadRunner · 16-01-2019 02:50PM

paulos53 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/EuropeanTour/status/1085491748783181824

WTF (about 1:10 in)

Dayor Knight · 16-01-2019 02:55PM

Nice bit of landscaping there alright. Looks like the dumping zone.

Trampas · 17-01-2019 07:39AM

Only hit 4 fairways. Iron play must be spot on and putter hot.

Will need to improve off the tea as stats like that will catch up eventually but he’ll probably iron that out

Benildus · 17-01-2019 10:29AM

Sh1t start today - par, bogey, bogey, par

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

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