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

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  • #9602
    techdiver
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    Strong start again. -2 after 4. Up to -7 with a 1 shot lead.



  • #9603
    CMcsporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,093 ✭✭✭CMcsporty


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122399554#Comment_122399554

    putting a bit off today though.

    If he stays at -6 that should be ok because the wind has picked up a bit.



  • #9604
    CMcsporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,093 ✭✭✭CMcsporty


    lovely tee shot on the par3 8th.

    Around 10ft left



  • #9605
    CMcsporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,093 ✭✭✭CMcsporty


    and rolls it in the centre of the cup to bring him to -7!

    Maybe he can improve on -6!



  • #9606
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭abff


    Disappointing miss on the 10th after an amazing second shot. Hopefully it won’t affect his confidence over the remaining holes.



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  • #9607
    Mushy
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122399974#Comment_122399974

    On 10 you mean...11 is turning into hopefully only a hiccup



  • #9608
    thecretinhop
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    Serious trouble here some knobhead found the ball after he hit provisional ball



  • #9609
    CMcsporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,093 ✭✭✭CMcsporty


    that’s bizarre

    He’s been penalised because someone found his ball?

    He clearly wouldn’t have hit that approach as a provisional

    What am i missing?



  • #9610
    Ottoman_1000
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    I'm very confused to whats happening here.



  • #9611
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭abff


    Still sharing the lead. But what a head wrecker!



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  • #9612
    techdiver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭techdiver


    What exactly happened?



  • #9613
    Mars Bar
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    https://x.com/NUCLRGOLF/status/1814267784760610873?t=lhUuFCKq89iXDd7L1D7-2w&s=19



  • #9614
    thecretinhop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,699 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    He hit second into gorse as he was in high grass that wrapped club. He named a provisionel but some clown found ball in gorse so oriv was counted too my head is mashed



  • #9615
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭abff


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122400128#Comment_122400128

    He hit his drive into the rough. His second shot hooked into some bushes. He played a provisional, which he hit to around 12 feet. Then someone managed to find his ball in the bush.

    So he had to declare it unplayable and go back in a direct line away from the hole. He would have had to go to 170 yards from the hole if he wanted to drop the ball on the fairway. So he dropped it in the rough around 120 yards from the hole with a blind shot to the green.

    He managed to hit his approach shot just short of the green. He got down in two more for a double bogey. Without the helpful intervention from the gentleman who found his ball, he would have had a 12 footer for bogey.



  • #9616
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,169 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    He also had a rant at a fan blaming him or her for the wayward shot. Had a few expletives in there

    He's getting a bit of a reputation.



  • #9617
    big_drive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,470 ✭✭✭big_drive


    Main thing here is for Shane to move on, he's still in the lead, that's the main thing. He will be annoyed but there's bound to be a few of those moments at some stage, everyone is getting it at some time in their round.



  • #9618
    kowloonkev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭kowloonkev


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122400175#Comment_122400175

    Where? Reputation for what?



  • #9619
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭abff


    Fantastic! Great birdie to finish.



  • #9620
    Mars Bar
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    Being grumpy, especially when things aren't going his way

    Great putt to finish with a birdie there.



  • #9621
    Dr. Bre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭Dr. Bre


    great response to the double bogey. He will lead going into the weekend



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  • #9622
    big_drive
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    Excellent, got his knock where things could have gone very wrong but responded well. Overall a super round. Can approach the weekend with confidence



  • #9623
    coillcam
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    Nice to see him settle after that wobble and pull it back together. A bit of maturity and resolve that hasn't always been the case. Great to see him putting so well. That TM spider has been transformational alongside his work with Sweeney and Rotella

    They could run out of Guinness in the midlands if he keeps this up.



  • #9624
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,122 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122400175#Comment_122400175

    I don't think it was a fan, think it was a photographer or one of the tv camera people?



  • #9625
    abff
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122400718#Comment_122400718

    In all likelihood he’ll lead by at least a couple of shots. But you never know with golf.



  • #9626
    eagle eye
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    Very impressed by his reaction to the double on the 11th. It's been a big weakness for him this season getting steamed up after a mistake and ending up making a mess of the next hole. Today he kept the head down and ploughed on and got his just rewards at the end of the round.



  • #9627
    Ottoman_1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Ottoman_1000


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122400175#Comment_122400175

    It wasn't with a fan. It was with the camera man, I'd be piss*d off too if I could see someone move and encroach on me at the last second in that incident. There's an Open championship and over 4m dollars on the line FFS!



  • #9628
    Mushy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,045 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    He's 2 fairly boring rounds score-wise from winning I think. If he got to -11, that'd be good enough. Amazing position to be in considering the likely tough conditions that'll limit low scores in the chasers



  • #9629
    paulos53
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭paulos53


    Great recovery by Shane after the double bogey on 11.

    To be honest he should have got an additional 1 shot penalty for slow play. I read that he was timed at 20 minutes between his 2nd and 4th shots (with a provisional in between). There is no excuse for that delay for such a basic ruling.



  • #9630
    techdiver
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122401164#Comment_122401164

    Everyone seems to be struggling today, but the wind doesn't look as bad over the weekend. But I agree to an extent, I don't see anyone going super low over the weekend.



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  • #9631
    dublin49
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    massive advantage to late/early starters,Rose will probably be the only late starter today in top 20 at end of the day.

    Thems the breaks



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