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

vienne86 · 14-11-2014 12:07PM

A New earth wrote: »

14th , Par 3 missed green, great chip to maybe 7 feet, missed putt

15th Par 4, drove green, just rolled off, had a go at eagle, close but left himself maybe 7 feet again and .... play suspended.

As already posted, it is these putts that are letting him down a bit today. In all other parts of his game, he is really on song. Great to see after yesterday's nightmare start. He seems to have a great temperament, doesn't get too cross with himself.

pistol_75 · 14-11-2014 12:21PM

The below is an interesting statistic from the PGA tour in relation to tour players. They rarely miss from 3ft and in but as it shows I don't think they hole as many 6 footers and 8 footers as we might expect?? I was certainly surprised when I saw this first.

PGA's Shot Tracker reveals that tour players on average make:

•99% of putts from 3 feet and in
•69% of 6-foot putts
•54% of 8-foot putts
•31% of putts between 10 and 15 feet

bigtimecharlie · 14-11-2014 12:28PM

Darn that weather break, was watching the delayed coverage.

Great to see the start that Shane had, keep it up lad.

vienne86 · 14-11-2014 12:32PM

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Darn that weather break, was watching the delayed coverage.

Great to see the start that Shane had, keep it up lad.

Another update was promised for 1.30, but now it's 2.00....local time......here's hoping, but not looking great.

abff · 14-11-2014 02:00PM

Suspended for the day.

abff · 15-11-2014 09:12AM

Shane has just finished with a 66 and is in a tie for 2nd, 6 shots behind Poulter. Could have been been even better - he finished with a 6 on the par 5 18th.

vienne86 · 15-11-2014 09:58AM

Looks like miserable weather there today - Shane has a good record in bad weather. Great to see him second having just drained a 25 footer!

vienne86 · 15-11-2014 02:38PM

Disappointing in the end for Shane. Level par round. Very hard to follow a good round with another. Still up there though, and should get a big cheque.

PARlance · 15-11-2014 03:14PM

Just watching it now and I really can't see how anyone can have a gripe with the Sky coverage.

Maybe he wasn't shown much on day 1... Fair enough, as he wasn't doing much.
As for the lads in studio, they are almost OTT in their praise and admiration of him. If he was an English player and we were listening to them go on like that about them, we'd be asking them to give it a break.

Bar the odd poor cameraman, I don't think there's much to have a gripe with Sky tbh.

abff · 15-11-2014 03:30PM

vienne86 wrote: »

Disappointing in the end for Shane. Level par round. Very hard to follow a good round with another. Still up there though, and should get a big cheque.

His play was a bit ragged over the last few holes, but he's left himself in with a chance of winning and a good chance of picking up a big cheque. He must hate that 18th though - 12 shots on it today.

vienne86 · 15-11-2014 04:42PM

PARlance wrote: »

Just watching it now and I really can't see how anyone can have a gripe with the Sky coverage.

Maybe he wasn't shown much on day 1... Fair enough, as he wasn't doing much.
As for the lads in studio, they are almost OTT in their praise and admiration of him. If he was an English player and we were listening to them go on like that about them, we'd be asking them to give it a break.

Bar the odd poor cameraman, I don't think there's much to have a gripe with Sky tbh.

When Shane is in the mix, he usually gets good coverage, and to be fair, Sky are really positive about him.

soundsham · 16-11-2014 10:04AM

Good start -2 for 3 holes

vienne86 · 16-11-2014 10:08AM

He's just played a fabulous approach to the fourth - should sink a birdie. With Westwod and Poulter in the final group, Sky are obviously going to lavish their attention on them rather than Shane's group.

That was an eagle putt he left himself....and made it. Joint top now!

me89 · 16-11-2014 10:14AM

Nice eagle on the 4th. Tied for the lead.

Speak Now · 16-11-2014 10:15AM

-14 for the first 4 holes this week :eek:
Brutal tee shot on the 5th :mad:

me89 · 16-11-2014 10:16AM

And then he finds the water on 5 :-(

vienne86 · 16-11-2014 10:16AM

Aargh.....next tee shot in the water. Feck feck feck!

vienne86 · 16-11-2014 10:27AM

Triple bogey.....that'll cost him BIG. Damn anyway. Forget it, lad, and get on with the birdies.

Speak Now · 16-11-2014 10:29AM

+5 for the week from the 5th hole on! Will be hard to come back from that disaster.

vienne86 · 16-11-2014 10:34AM

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

+5 for the week from the 5th hole on! Will be hard to come back from that disaster.

Didn't realise that.....was he in the water before?

slave1 · 16-11-2014 10:37AM

That was just brutal...:(

LuckyGent88 · 16-11-2014 10:42AM

That was some disaster.

vienne86 · 16-11-2014 10:44AM

And on the next....they just said he had shot 5, and not finished yet.....got a double bogey. Ah Shane, what's happening??? That's his chance gone, in two holes. He must be gutted.

vienne86 · 16-11-2014 11:00AM

OK, so this one is not for Shane, but does anyone know now how he needs to do this week to make it to the top 50 on the OWGR?

Speak Now · 16-11-2014 11:46AM

vienne86 wrote: »

OK, so this one is not for Shane, but does anyone know now how he needs to do this week to make it to the top 50 on the OWGR?

I thought I heard top 6 or top 8ish, obviously depends on others. His counting tournaments is going up from 51 to 52 so his average will drop now. Tied 26 now wow, wasn't long ago tied for the lead.

bigtimecharlie · 16-11-2014 12:05PM

Pity to see his fall from T1 to T22 in 2 holes.

Chin up my man, put it behind you.

abff · 16-11-2014 12:38PM

Hope he can pick up a couple of shots over the last few holes. His head must be wrecked by what happened on the 5th and 6th.

Maths1 · 16-11-2014 01:55PM

IF EVER A PLAYER NEEDED A COURSE IN COURSE MANAGEMENT IT'S SHANE LOWRY,PLUS A CADDIE WHO IS CAPABLE OF OF FOCUSING HIM.TOO MANY MISTAKES IN HIS GAME ,AND SEEMS INCAPABLE OF PLAYING 4 REASONABLE ROUNDS IN ANY TOURNAMENT.HW WILL DROP PLACES IN THE OWGR

HighLine · 16-11-2014 02:06PM

Maths1 wrote: »

IF EVER A PLAYER NEEDED A COURSE IN COURSE MANAGEMENT IT'S SHANE LOWRY,PLUS A CADDIE WHO IS CAPABLE OF OF FOCUSING HIM.TOO MANY MISTAKES IN HIS GAME ,AND SEEMS INCAPABLE OF PLAYING 4 REASONABLE ROUNDS IN ANY TOURNAMENT.HW WILL DROP PLACES IN THE OWGR

Wasn't going to bother reading when I saw all CAPS..... unfortunately I did.

FixdePitchmark · 16-11-2014 02:24PM

Maths1 wrote: »

IF EVER A PLAYER NEEDED A COURSE IN COURSE MANAGEMENT IT'S SHANE LOWRY,PLUS A CADDIE WHO IS CAPABLE OF OF FOCUSING HIM.TOO MANY MISTAKES IN HIS GAME ,AND SEEMS INCAPABLE OF PLAYING 4 REASONABLE ROUNDS IN ANY TOURNAMENT.HW WILL DROP PLACES IN THE OWGR

Maths1 are you good at maths.

Have a look at last column here.

http://www.owgr.com/en/Ranking/PlayerProfile.aspx?playerID=13900

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

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