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

There was always a second event when the WGCs were on.

You'll get sponsors easily, the prize money won't be as big but fed ex and world ranking points are important.

They have a second tournament for some of the signature events but not them all.

Did you miss the bit where I said some of the signature events are being run at the same time as another PGA tour event?

Did you miss my point which is players are being penalised for one bad Fed Ex Cup, last season,and not just losing out on Fed Ex cup points this year which makes it harder for them but also losing out on world ranking points.

It's very unfair, you should not have a lesser opportunity to make it to the Fed Ex Cup finals because of your final ranking last year. You should never have less opportunities to earn world ranking points than players in a limited field.

You've got guys in the top 50, top 100 in the world and they are not playing while guys with a 120+ world ranking are playing and have a free shot to go past players above them with no opportunity to play and earn points.

So you think that's a fair system?

Decent round for Shabe, hopefully he can kick in tomorrow. One thing concerned me today. He got very annoyed by a poor second shot. He couldn't get it out if his head by the looks of things, he then hit a bad third and was furious, he ended up with a bogey. He needs to sort out that attitude, I think it cost him the bogey in that hole.

Play will stop in another hour or so. So double jobbing again tomorrow.

This seems to be happening him a lot recently. Start decently and fade away big time. I always worry about his fitness to last the 4 rounds in warmer climates. Hopefully he can put 4 rounds together soon or he'll keep drop down the rankings

Sunday blues for Shane,unfortunately similiar to last year he don't have 4 good rounds in him and hence his fall down the ranking.

I imagine he never normally played there and his team have mapped out 30 plus tournaments he is comfortable playing for this year.This may be the last year he will have such luxury in deciding where he plays as there is no sentiment in pro golf for a player sliding down the ranking.

I'm sure Shane is not as devoid in confidence as some posters on here.

I'd say he's preparing himself for a favourable slate of courses coming up with the ultimate goal of contending at Augusta again after a T-3 two years ago and a T-16 last year.

He has PGA National and Sawgrass coming up which are great fits for his game. A bigger mistake would be to go chasing around the place to courses he doesn't know.

Now if he's a no show throughout the Florida swing maybe the worries are justified!

I was about to criticise what you were saying, but then you said exactly my response in the second half of your post.

He's earned the right to prioritise his family and have a better work/life balance. So, I also say fair play to him and I think he can also play well in the coming weeks to have the best of both!

He has entered the European tour event in Singapore which is the week after the Players. It seems like a funny time of the season to make such a long trip. I assume that he won't play much between that and the Masters.

This is a big week for him. He likes this course, it's perfect for him as it plays to his strengths. Robbed by Straka's eagle at the last a couple of years ago if you remember.

He lives near the course as well so that's another good thing.

It was a torrential downpour for the last couple, Shane had to play more holes in it than Sepp, was very unlucky, the last went from a near gimme birdie hole to quite tricky.