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

I thought two, though could be wrong, Sepp made birdie in the rain anyway, but just felt like Shane's tournament to lose before the rain came

hopefully he can kick on to top 5 finish.Needs good round tomorrow to break cycle of mixing good with bad.

That's right, he got rain and his ball stuck when it landed on the green on 18. I knew there was something lucky about it. For some reason I thought it was an eagle.

He didn't get a chance at a playoff though.

Which would have left him a chance to win.

Win would be huge for him here.

He's owed it after what happened two years ago. If he can use that tomorrow it'll help him a lot I think.

I really hope he does it.

Presume that's a joke

great to see a bit of form from him,in his interview he said hes only played about 5 times since the Ryder cup.He needs to downgrade the Ryder cup now in his thinking and get it in context ,he wont have anymore Ryder cups if he doesnt focus on his ranking better than the last 6 months.

Really hope he wins it and gets his ranking back up, but there's always that nagging doubt about his putting, isn't there. Does -16 get it done ? If he can get it to there it puts a lot of people out of reach I think.

The big surprise in this tournament is David Skinns, he's done nothing but regularly miss cuts. He has a few wins over the year on the Korn Ferry but never been much of a factor there on a consistent level.

Eckroat had a couple of decent performances last year but he's been out of form as of late too.

I suppose you could say Shane hasn't been in great form either but he's played very little. The course suits him, I'm sure he's played it a lot as it appears he lives only 20 minutes from it.

I think the odds given above are a fair reflection of how things should play out given each players history and recent results. Mon Woo Lee would be the guy I'd fear the most as he can and has went low in final rounds a couple of times.

There is no certainties in golf though. One bad shot can lead to a double bogey or worse and cost you the tournament. Lets hope Shane can keep it on or nesr the fairways and greens and he should have a great chance.

Hoping he gets off to a good start. I'm off work tomorrow so looking forward to a relaxing night of sitting down watching this, makes it all the better with an Irish player up there, without having Irish in contention ive found myself less interested in watching tournaments recently

Van Rooyen trying to upset the apple cart. -5 through 5. Up to -11.

They just showed what happened in 2022. I'd forgotten it, the rain came down and soaked the place after Straka's tee shot. Shane then hit after the rain and got no run. He couldn't go for the green in two and it cost him his chance of a birdie. Totally robbed by the weather.