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

Speak Now · 09-10-2014 12:15PM

Back to par now after 14!

Pdoghue · 09-10-2014 01:57PM

vienne86 wrote: »

Level par arfter two holes. RTE really talking up his chances there just now.

Heard the Morning Ireland sportsnews at 8.35 this morning and the sports presenter asked the golf reporter a strange question along the lines of why Lowry would have a good chance in Portugal. Seemed totally ignorant of Lowry's recent form, being a past champion, and standing in relation to the rest of the field.

stitcheddepin · 09-10-2014 02:08PM

poor show by shane today. started brightly but lost his way on way coming in. will need a very low number 2moro to be around for the weekend.

stitcheddepin · 09-10-2014 02:09PM

poor show by shane today. started brightly but lost his way coming in. will need a very low number 2moro to be around for the weekend.

pistol_75 · 09-10-2014 02:11PM

stitcheddepin wrote: »

poor show by shane today. started brightly but lost his way coming in. will need a very low number 2moro to be around for the weekend.

Moved from trolling Harrington to Lowry this week I see. Not likely to need a very low round tomorrow, a good round should suffice.

stitcheddepin · 09-10-2014 02:21PM

very observant to my whereabouts pistol. I am impressed. I would be very impressed if shano delivered 2moro.

Rikand · 11-10-2014 09:22AM

-2 after 2

vienne86 · 11-10-2014 10:06AM

Rikand wrote: »

-2 after 2

Scoring seems to be good today - might be too late for Peter Lawrie though.

abff · 11-10-2014 10:13AM

I think the cut is likely to go to -3 or possibly even -4, so Shane will need to pick up another shot to two to make the cut. Be nice to see him go really low today to give himself a chance of a high placing. Top two are pretty much out of reach at this stage.

Minderbinder · 11-10-2014 11:44AM

-18 after two rounds! that must be a record?

Speak Now · 12-10-2014 11:18AM

Minderbinder wrote: »

-18 after two rounds! that must be a record?

Equaled the European record but I dont know if it counts due to preferred lies.

slave1 · 12-10-2014 03:45PM

Preferred lies do not count, there were a couple of 10 unders in the Dunhill Links last week that didn't go into the record books.
Think Shane will be happy with the tie for 22nd this week.
Do they still give the same ranking points for tournaments cut this short I wonder?

abff · 12-10-2014 04:17PM

slave1 wrote: »

Preferred lies do not count, there were a couple of 10 unders in the Dunhill Links last week that didn't go into the record books.
Think Shane will be happy with the tie for 22nd this week.
Do they still give the same ranking points for tournaments cut this short I wonder?

If it goes back to the score after 36 holes, he won't get any world ranking points. Very frustrating. That tied 22nd position they're currently showing was his score when play was abandoned.

coylemj · 12-10-2014 06:18PM

abff wrote: »

That tied 22nd position they're currently showing was his score when play was abandoned.

Counting only 36 holes pushes him back to tied 33rd along with 13 others on -5.

His prize money by my reckoning will be €13,214.

Speak Now · 12-10-2014 06:30PM

They've made a right mess of the leaderboard.

abff · 12-10-2014 06:43PM

coylemj wrote: »

Counting only 36 holes pushes him back to tied 33rd along with 13 others on -5.

His prize money by my reckoning will be €13,214.

I agree with your assessment of his final position. If you look at the results tab, they show positions based on scores after 36 holes.

But they haven't shown prize money yet and I think only 75% is paid when the tournament is cut to 36 holes, so that would reduce his prize money to just under €10k.

abff · 12-10-2014 06:44PM

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

They've made a right mess of the leaderboard.

I wonder are there any jobs going on the European Tour website? I'd love to help to keep them on the straight and narrow. Even better if I got paid for doing it.

stanley1 · 12-10-2014 06:47PM

Like Shane a lot,bar is odd expletive deleated, personally I think he would do very well on american circuit.

abff · 12-10-2014 07:17PM

stanley1 wrote: »

Like Shane a lot,bar is odd expletive deleated, personally I think he would do very well on american circuit.

I think they'd love him over there. His short game is almost magical - a bit like Phil Mickelson. And the fact that he comes across as a very normal down to earth type of guy (which seems to be genuine, not just an act) would possibly make him something of a cult figure over there.

But would he like all the travelling and being away from home for extended periods?

coylemj · 12-10-2014 07:39PM

abff wrote: »

But they haven't shown prize money yet and I think only 75% is paid when the tournament is cut to 36 holes, so that would reduce his prize money to just under €10k.

Wasn't aware of that, cheers.

maudgone · 12-10-2014 09:34PM

Goldenjohn wrote: »

Dont have a clue who the last offaly golfer was? My Aunty & Uncle play outta Tullamore but they are nowhere near professional standard, both mid teen handicaps!

Do you mean the next big thing potential superstar outta the Republic in golf terms?

Last Offaly golfer to play PGA & European tours was Birr's Richie Coughlan, who mainly played in the US at the end of the 90's early 2000's.

charlieIRL · 12-10-2014 09:46PM

abff wrote: »

But would he like all the travelling and being away from home for extended periods?

Thats the only thing that I would see that would hold him back on the pga, he's a huge family man.

FixdePitchmark · 12-10-2014 09:50PM

maudgone wrote: »

Last Offaly golfer to play PGA & European tours was Birr's Richie Coughlan, who mainly played in the US at the end of the 90's early 2000's.

Great call

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Coughlan

coylemj · 12-10-2014 11:03PM

abff wrote: »

I agree with your assessment of his final position. If you look at the results tab, they show positions based on scores after 36 holes.

But they haven't shown prize money yet and I think only 75% is paid when the tournament is cut to 36 holes, so that would reduce his prize money to just under €10k.

Spot on, they've finally posted the prize money and Lowry got €9,911 which is 75% of the money I predicted. He's still 12th on the Race to Dubai rankings.

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014080/leaderboard/index.html

vienne86 · 13-10-2014 08:55AM

coylemj wrote: »

Spot on, they've finally posted the prize money and Lowry got €9,911 which is 75% of the money I predicted. He's still 12th on the Race to Dubai rankings.

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014080/leaderboard/index.html

He will have been hoping to progress further in the OWGR - mess of a week.

AGC · 13-10-2014 10:15AM

Can see him having a good week this week in the match play. Strong(ish) field should suit him in the format.

Speak Now · 13-10-2014 10:52AM

AGC wrote: »

Can see him having a good week this week in the match play. Strong(ish) field should suit him in the format.

Even a bad week here is a good week with a 16 man field!

Rikand · 13-10-2014 11:38AM

still 53rd in the world.

Does the matchplay count for ranking points ?

Anatom · 13-10-2014 12:18PM

Good luck to him anyway. He's a cracking golfer and seems to be a genuinely nice guy as well...

Speak Now · 13-10-2014 12:49PM

Rikand wrote: »

still 53rd in the world.

Does the matchplay count for ranking points ?

Yes and the worst he can finish is tied 13th with a cheque for 50K!

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

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