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

I don’t think that it was a genuine question from the original poster. I suspect he got the attention he wanted and I think those accusing him of trolling were probably right.

There are sports run on an All Ireland basis but even in sports not run on an All Ireland basis you can represent Ireland if you wish if you’re born on the island of Ireland in any of the 32 counties. The GFA ensures anyone born on the island is entitled to an Irish passport if they want it.

how come there are 4 U.S golfers. Obviously I'm wrong when I thought it was restricted to 2 from each country.

It's on from 1am, expect the two Irish lads to tee off at around half 2 or 3, although the official tee times haven't been confirmed yet because Round 2 was not completed.

It may be on RTE, BBC, one of the Eurosport channels or on red button if you have access. If not you can stream it on Discovery+, there's a three day free trial I think, although I have paid for one month for £5/€6 to get access to the entire Olympics.

Four rounds. No cut.

Big week for Shane and the other Ryder Cup hopefuls this week. A top 5 finish would go a long way towards ensuring automatic qualification.

It seems the big green shamrock he has on his ball was what was visible. Beyond reasonable doubt that anyone else has that marking....

I think MacIntyre’s best chance of making the team is through the European points list. He’s not a member of the PGA Tour, so he won’t be in the playoffs that are starting the week after next. But the fact that most of the top Europeans will be playing in at least one, if not two or more of the playoff events means that there will be weakened fields in the European Tour events those weeks and a win in one of these or even a couple of high finishes would probably be enough to catapult him into the top 4 in the European points list. That in turn would push Shane out of the automatic qualifying places as things stand.

In all likelihood, a couple of the automatic places will still be up for grabs when they go to Wentworth for the BMW PGA Championship, which is the final qualifying event.

Two decent looks at birdie inside 10 feet for Lowry early doors. Neither taken unfortunately.

Just 3 putt for bogey from 14 feet if shot tracker is correct :/

I hope that playing in the Olympics doesn’t derail Shane’s chances of qualifying for the Ryder Cup. There were no Ryder Cup points awarded for the Olympics and he is now, understandably, taking next week off. This means he will fall out of the top 70 in the FedEx Cup rankings and will need a strong performance in the first round of the playoffs to make it through to round two.

I heard the opposite - that Padraig has told him that he needs to play his way into the team as he doesn’t want to be put into the invidious position of being seen to give a wild card pick to his close friend.

I think the only circumstance in which Shane will get a wild card pick is if he misses out very narrowly and is a clear and obvious choice ahead of all but two of the other candidates.

Poulter will definitely be a pick,Sergio probable,Rose ,Wiesberger and Mac Intyre for last spot.