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

Trampas

With Shane going to be starting his first full year on the tour what does he need to do to make him a better golfer?

I see he is 121st in scrambling so I guess his short game needs a touch up.

I say fitness is a key also.

Thankfully he has exemptions which should take some pressure of his game to allow his improve areas of his game he feels need strengthening.

MOD EDIT: Zero discussions around Shane's weight or body shape, any such posts will result in warnings, thank you

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Shane is in the feature group on the U.S open app for those that want to suffer every shot

dublin49

maybe silly question ,is Lowry only trying to overtake the guy infront of him on the world list and doesnt matter what movement happens on European list ,Haro must be worried at Rose +13 for 2 rounds.

eagle eye

Again the par fives are the issue. Basically between three and five shots worse than most of the top six in the tournament, he's +2 for them this week.
He really has to work on improving on the par fives.

abff

dublin49 wrote: »

fair play ,he is definitely getting more comfortable at surviving when game isnt there as he has come out the right side of the cut a good bit this year.A decent round today and he could shoot up the ranking although not driving well at the US Open is a recipe for disaster so obviously needs to improve there.

Yes, he seems to be mentally stronger in recent weeks and has been grinding out scores when his game has not been quite 100%. A decent move up the leaderboard over the weekend would bring him into the automatic qualification spots for the Ryder Cup (unless Richard Bland wins or finishes solo second) and would be a huge psychological boost.

dublin49

fair play ,he is definitely getting more comfortable at surviving when game isnt there as he has come out the right side of the cut a good bit this year.A decent round today and he could shoot up the ranking although not driving well at the US Open is a recipe for disaster so obviously needs to improve there.

joebloggs32

Level par for his last nine.

Gets into the weekend on the cut at +4, 9 brhind the leaders. A gritty performance to stick around for the weekend.

ClanofLams

All over the shop off the tee, hit one fairway all day. Hopefully he finds a few on way in..

fullstop

ElisaAtWar wrote: »

He will be better for that double bogey. Now he is focused on each hole rather than a score. Earlier to happen the better

Don’t think the top pros have the same mindset as the Sunday morning 10 handicapper...

Panrich

Struggling manfully with 3 birdies in the last 4 holes but yet another 3 putt from 17 feet in there as well. If he misses the cut, he'll be very annoyed with himself.

dublin49

hes in a battle now to make the cut,the thing about these tough courses is once you make the cut you can make up huge ground with one low round. I suspect the cut will be circa +4 or 5 so will need to par from here.

ElisaAtWar

Amazing how the slumbering brain focuses on how to birdie every hole. But then with a good kick up the arse, the slumbering brain is replaced by the realistic brain. Not giving up on Shane's chances yet

ElisaAtWar

He will be better for that double bogey. Now he is focused on each hole rather than a score. Earlier to happen the better

Trampas

Is he putting with an open stance? Looked like it on bogey putt on 11. Don’t like to see players with open stance like that on a putt. Might have been the camera angle

Another bogey and not challenging hole. Don’t like this open stance

Mantis Toboggan

dublin49 wrote: »

may have read it wrong,format on US OPEN SITE is different to PGA one ,it seems to have the info earlier though

Every shot is on the app.

dublin49

tobsey wrote: »

You sure it was a three putt? Looks like he went through the green from the bunker and then left a chip back well short

may have read it wrong,format on US OPEN SITE is different to PGA one ,it seems to have the info earlier though

Mantis Toboggan

His famed short game coming a cropper there on the 11th.

tobsey

dublin49 wrote: »

3 putt from 17 feet ,will be hard to bounce from that on such a hard course

You sure it was a three putt? Looks like he went through the green from the bunker and then left a chip back well short

dublin49

3 putt from 17 feet ,will be hard to bounce from that on such a hard course

badabing106

big_drive wrote: »

Would you stop. He contends a lot more than a couple weeks in the year. Rubbish talk

He doesn't. He is very rarely contending( being in a good position to win a tournament with 9 holes to play?) The amazing quality and gift of Shane lowry is that the odd time when he his entire game is working and he is in contention, he usually wins. The only miss I can think of is the USA open when dj won

hurleronditch

fullstop wrote: »

Some on here seem to think pros should hole everything from inside 10 feet and never miss a green from 100 yards, but the stats say otherwise.

Saw one on Twitter last week from a golf journo along the lines of PGA tour pros miss the green more often from 125 yards that they hit it inside 10 feet from that range, but if Rory (or to a lesser extent Shane) miss a green from there you’d think they were about to lose their card.

That’s one that always catches me. You follow him on shottracer or the Twitter tracker and so often you see he’s hit a good drive, he has 100-120 from the fairway, surely he’ll stick this dead. And he hits it to 40 feet and you’re disappointed. But I think that’s because you know he’d be disappointed himself, more than it being statistically in line with what he should do.

My feel would be he is a tier 2 driver of the ball. A tier 1 long iron player, a tier 2/3 approach player, a tier 1 scrambler and a tier 2/3 putter, and I’d think I wouldn’t be the only one with that assessment, but at the same time at these lofty heights Shane operates in it’s not that simple.

The 100 yard approach shots with greens reading 11-12 stimp, tiers everywhere, flags usually tucked in awkward corners means sometimes consistently sticking it to 20 feet and holing 1 in 5 is what needs to/has to be done

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Making the Cut while not a formality by any means is important for him in Ryder Cup terms. With Perez on +4 and Rose on +7 being seen as challengers for automatic and wild card selections another good solid week with them missing the cut would be a big help.

sligeach

Shane did well to recover, didn't watch any of it, but heard earlier on the sports news bulletin that he had a triple bogey, I think on the 7th. Take that out and it's an excellent round.

Motivator

Felexicon wrote: »

Genuine question

What handicap do you think he would have if he was rocking up to your club for weekend comps?

I'd say over the course of a year he might get to +10 range.

Nothing these guys do is comparable to a low - mid handicapper. If it was they wouldn't get a sniff of a tour card never mind be a multiple tournament winner and major champion.

The rule of thumb is +5 before you could even consider making a living from the game on a tour. Lowry’s last handicap in Esker Hills was +5.

100% correct on your last point. There’s a reason there’s only 125 golfers with a PGA tour card. They are on a different planet in terms of the game they’re playing. Golf at this level is to be watched and admired and never imitated by those watching on tv. Those guys are spending thousands of hours a year working on a specific part of their game. Off topic slightly but I always get some laugh off guys up in the local clubs taking out a new putter or a wedge and saying “well I saw Lowry was using this and he got on great with it”. As if Lowry stopped off at his local McGuirks and picked up a putter to use on tour.

fullstop

Felexicon wrote: »

Genuine question

What handicap do you think he would have if he was rocking up to your club for weekend comps?

I'd say over the course of a year he might get to +10 range.

Nothing these guys do is comparable to a low - mid handicapper. If it was they wouldn't get a sniff of a tour card never mind be a multiple tournament winner and major champion.

Some on here seem to think pros should hole everything from inside 10 feet and never miss a green from 100 yards, but the stats say otherwise.

Saw one on Twitter last week from a golf journo along the lines of PGA tour pros miss the green more often from 125 yards that they hit it inside 10 feet from that range, but if Rory (or to a lesser extent Shane) miss a green from there you’d think they were about to lose their card.

fullstop

Exactly wrote: »

4.66 average

.2 behind Schauffle who is currently leading the stats.

Which puts him outside the top 100 for that stat.

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eagle eye wrote: »

You do realise that's nearly a shot per round?

I stated a fact not an opinion. You are correct though

Felexicon

badabing106 wrote: »

I can't think of a worse short putter in the top 50 in the world. This is the reason he only contends a couple of weeks a year, because he putts like a 10 handicapper from short range

If there was an important three footer in the Ryder Cup for example. You'd pick Sergio Garcia ahead of him all day

Genuine question

What handicap do you think he would have if he was rocking up to your club for weekend comps?

I'd say over the course of a year he might get to +10 range.

Nothing these guys do is comparable to a low - mid handicapper. If it was they wouldn't get a sniff of a tour card never mind be a multiple tournament winner and major champion.

eagle eye

Exactly wrote:

4.66 average

.2 behind Schauffle who is currently leading the stats.

You do realise that's nearly a shot per round?

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eagle eye wrote: »

It doesn't matter what length they are, he's one of the worst scorers on Par fives on the PGA tour over the season.
As said it's his Achilles heel.

4.66 average

.2 behind Schauffle who is currently leading the stats.

eagle eye

blackcard wrote:

The par fives are 655, 677 and 690 yards long, genuine par fives

It doesn't matter what length they are, he's one of the worst scorers on Par fives on the PGA tour over the season.
As said it's his Achilles heel.