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

slave1 · 21-11-2014 01:39PM

Ah, disgusted, at that level you simply HAVE to take advantage of excellent iron approaches and make those short putts, surely his head is wrecked on on the 18th tee

vienne86 · 21-11-2014 01:43PM

slave1 wrote: »

Ah, disgusted, at that level you simply HAVE to take advantage of excellent iron approaches and make those short putts, surely his head is wrecked on on the 18th tee

By the looks of his tee shot, it is.

Awful tee shots from both him and Rory.

I'm hoping these two won't be paired tomorrow, even though it gives us guaranteed TV coverage of Shane.

benny79 · 21-11-2014 01:46PM

I doubt its because they are paired together that they're not playing well!

slave1 · 21-11-2014 01:50PM

benny79 wrote: »

I doubt its because they are paired together that they're not playing well!

I hear you but when you're friends I think there's a level of feeding off each other, it happens to us on outings the whole time where groups tend to win gluts of prizes

bigtimecharlie · 21-11-2014 01:51PM

Birdie to finish please Shane.

slave1 · 21-11-2014 01:51PM

Okay, another easy putt on 18, make this ya boll1x!

vienne86 · 21-11-2014 01:54PM

Shane, you'll have to putt better than that to get into the top 50. Disappointing putting on the last two holes.

slave1 · 21-11-2014 01:54PM

Ah, FFS :mad:

bigtimecharlie · 21-11-2014 01:54PM

Poor finish on 17 and 18th. Considering all that happened today, the cold putter let him down.

shabalala · 21-11-2014 01:56PM

Fantastic to see such talented putter on here.

Putting is hard.

Putting on greens that quick, under that pressure is hard.

Putting in those circumstances after missing one or two is bloody hard.

Its only halfway, Shane is still in touch.

LuckyGent88 · 21-11-2014 01:56PM

Awful putting on last 2 greens. In saying that, I think he will be quiet pleased with his score considering his start and plenty of poor swings he made.

Let's hope this is his bad round out of the way and he produces the goods over the weekend.

vienne86 · 21-11-2014 01:56PM

Well whether it's good or bad, Shane and Rory won't be playing together tomorrow. I'm just as glad. Looks like Shane might be with David Howell.

Old diesel · 21-11-2014 02:00PM

vienne86 wrote: »

Shane, you'll have to putt better than that to get into the top 50. Disappointing putting on the last two holes.

Last I read he was at 52 - just two places off the top 50 - so he has to be getting pretty close.

Time to stay calm - focus - look to continue to improve - give it time - and it will come.

vienne86 · 21-11-2014 02:13PM

Old diesel wrote: »

Last I read he was at 52 - just two places off the top 50 - so he has to be getting pretty close.

Time to stay calm - focus - look to continue to improve - give it time - and it will come.

I know it isn't possible to forecast what will happen this weekend, but what does he realistically need to do at this tournament to get into the top 50?

Speak Now · 21-11-2014 02:24PM

vienne86 wrote: »

I know it isn't possible to forecast what will happen this weekend, but what does he realistically need to do at this tournament to get into the top 50?

Did I hear top 12 maybe enough?

pistol_75 · 21-11-2014 02:34PM

I never heard so much rubbish about lads playing together or not playing together.

Who did they play with in the last round in Wentworth when they were 1st & 2nd?

It's the 2nd round of the tournament and they are most definitely playing the course, and both doing well IMO. Let the tournament develop and don't be making rash calls after a bad hole or even shot.

golfwallah · 21-11-2014 04:58PM

Hole in one for Shane on 13th today:
https://twitter.com/EuropeanTour/status/535758129850363904

vienne86 · 21-11-2014 05:29PM

golfwallah wrote: »

Hole in one for Shane on 13th today:
https://twitter.com/EuropeanTour/status/535758129850363904

Won't tire of watching that for a long time. Just brilliant, and gave his round a badly needed lift just when it was needed.

Letree · 21-11-2014 09:31PM

Real pity for Shane with his missed putts on the 17th and 18th, he had the hard work done.

slave1 · 21-11-2014 09:43PM

Putt for dough...

Letree · 21-11-2014 09:49PM

slave1 wrote: »

Putt for dough...

Hole in one for show

abff · 21-11-2014 09:50PM

Letree wrote: »

Real pity for Shane with his missed putts on the 17th and 18th, he had the hard work done.

Yes, it's a pity he missed them. But it would have been far worse if they were both par putts.

Rikand · 21-11-2014 09:53PM

Shane is plsying great the last few weeks. He's a credit to himself and to Ireland. So he missed a couple of putts, big deal. Hes class, he's playing class and we all should be behind him 100%. Not picking apart his few failings at every available opportunity.

Rikand · 21-11-2014 09:54PM

slave1 wrote: »

Putt for dough...

Shane averages 28.99 putts per round
Rory averages 29.11 putts per round

Oh he's putting for dough alright!

Letree · 21-11-2014 09:57PM

I really hope Shane moves into the top 50 and then onto the top 20. We need someone we can get behind in Ireland. Its nice to cheer on Rory and Graham but someone from the South would be good too. Unfortunately Harrington seems to be on the wane.

cairny · 21-11-2014 09:57PM

Rikand wrote: »

Shane averages 28.99 putts per round
Rory averages 29.11 putts per round

Oh he's putting for dough alright!

I'd say that's a result of his incredible short game rather than putting prowess.

Edit: Both 1.73 per GIR for 2014 in Euro events. Not so bad.

vienne86 · 21-11-2014 10:41PM

Rikand wrote: »

Shane averages 28.99 putts per round
Rory averages 29.11 putts per round

Oh he's putting for dough alright!

Shane is a great putter. That's why we get so disappointed when he occasionally misses some. Hopefully missed putts are behind him for this tournament. To be fair, he hung in well and a day when things weren't going very well for him. The tournament is only half done and he is in the mix. C'mon Shane!

PARlance · 21-11-2014 10:50PM

vienne86 wrote: »

Shane is a great putter. That's why we get so disappointed when he occasionally misses some. Hopefully missed putts are behind him for this tournament. To be fair, he hung in well and a day when things weren't going very well for him. The tournament is only half done and he is in the mix. C'mon Shane!

Agreed he's a very good putter but I think (& hope) he can get better.
He obviously had a few issues this year... I think it was just before The Open that he decided to go back to his old putter, the one he used in his junior days afaik. So that to me would suggest that there was some trouble this year but also leads me to believe that there's more potential for improvement.

PARlance · 21-11-2014 10:54PM

Actually, it was just before Wentworth

http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2014/05/shane-lowry-brushes-cobwebs-off-old-putter/

"I have been messing around here and there with putters"

searay · 21-11-2014 11:57PM

Rikand wrote: »

Shane is plsying great the last few weeks. He's a credit to himself and to Ireland. So he missed a couple of putts, big deal. Hes class, he's playing class and we all should be behind him 100%. Not picking apart his few failings at every available opportunity.

Completely agree.

I think that the 4 round, no cut tournaments are proving a challenge for him as by starting well both this week and last week, he is in the spotlight more. In the past he has been close to the cut line and then moved up the field with strong rounds Saturday and Sunday.

He looked to be putting a lot of pressure on himself today so I hope he can relax for the next 2 days and trust his game. I'll be routing for him!

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

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