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

FixdePitchmark · 23-11-2014 12:02PM

Class the way he ramped it up this season. Nice to look forward to all majors with him in it.

I still fancy him winning The British Open

:D

We only see the glory of the tournaments - but clearly Shane - has put in big work.
His putting was fairly poor the other day - but was just a bad day he was on TV.

Made up for him .

slave1 · 23-11-2014 12:02PM

Fair dues...

Rikand · 23-11-2014 12:29PM

what a man! What a hero!

Look what happens when you get behind someone instead of putting them down all the time!

FixdePitchmark · 23-11-2014 12:41PM

Rikand wrote: »

what a man! What a hero!

Look what happens when you get behind someone instead of putting them down all the time!

Yes there were lads on this thread - going on as if he was a hacker from the midlands - even after he had won an Irish Open. :eek:

Then there were lads giving him stick when he was top 100
Then when he was top 75
Then when he was top 60

Now top 50. Maybe this will be the end of it.

:D

soundsham · 23-11-2014 12:51PM

Could finish t3 here
more ranking pts
Bello p1ssing €'s away faster than John Daly at a blackjack table

soundsham · 23-11-2014 01:15PM

5th $320k

Bluefoam · 23-11-2014 01:19PM

soundsham wrote: »

5th $320k

Wow, thats almost 3 moths wages for me... and he was able to earn it in just one weekend...!

FixdePitchmark · 23-11-2014 01:25PM

Are the winnings in dollars ?

slave1 · 23-11-2014 02:07PM

soundsham wrote: »

5th $320k

..and $150k in the bonus pool...winnings in US$

slave1 · 23-11-2014 02:08PM

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Yes there were lads on this thread - going on as if he was a hacker from the midlands - even after he had won an Irish Open. :eek:

Then there were lads giving him stick when he was top 100
Then when he was top 75
Then when he was top 60

Now top 50. Maybe this will be the end of it. :D

Really needs to be thinking Top 30 by end of next year, first major and secure Ryder Cup spot, else he should jack it in...hacker

FixdePitchmark · 23-11-2014 02:10PM

Lol.

Slave.

High standards from us mid to high handicap players.

Steven81 · 23-11-2014 02:23PM

@vc606 has him up to 47th in new rankings.

Targets achieved for this year. Great for him and his team

Speak Now · 23-11-2014 02:41PM

Finished 10th in race to Dubai, more bobs :cool:

vienne86 · 23-11-2014 02:46PM

Steven81 wrote: »

@vc606 has him up to 47th in new rankings.

Targets achieved for this year. Great for him and his team

Well done Shane. Great effort.

the lawman · 23-11-2014 02:47PM

I love him. Real man crush stuff here.

Rikand · 23-11-2014 03:48PM

the lawman wrote: »

I love him. Real man crush stuff here.

It's all about that beard!

abff · 23-11-2014 04:33PM

Steven81 wrote: »

@vc606 has him up to 47th in new rankings.

Targets achieved for this year. Great for him and his team

I did some calcs and came up with the same result. Shane's revised average points is 2.713 by my reckoning and his projected year end average is 2.515, plus whatever points he picks up in the Nedbank.

He should be safe enough for top 50 at year end, but it depends on how those who are just behind him do between now and year end. They probably will have limited playing opportunities, although the Nedbank and the Hero World Target will offer quite a few world ranking points.

pistol_75 · 23-11-2014 08:51PM

abff wrote: »

I did some calcs and came up with the same result. Shane's revised average points is 2.713 by my reckoning and his projected year end average is 2.515, plus whatever points he picks up in the Nedbank.

He should be safe enough for top 50 at year end, but it depends on how those who are just behind him do between now and year end. They probably will have limited playing opportunities, although the Nedbank and the Hero World Target will offer quite a few world ranking points.

I think they have reduced the points on offer in those in recent years because of the limited fields.

Speak Now · 23-11-2014 08:58PM

pistol_75 wrote: »

I think they have reduced the points on offer in those in recent years because of the limited fields.

Possible the opposite since it became an official event and field increased to 30 players.
Of course only a percentage of prize will count towards 2015 race to Dubai.

abff · 23-11-2014 09:15PM

pistol_75 wrote: »

I think they have reduced the points on offer in those in recent years because of the limited fields.

I think the only restriction is that last place can not be worth more than 2.40 world ranking points if there are fewer than 30 players. Both tournaments offered 46 points to the winner last season, with 5th place getting 11.04 points, 10th place getting 6.44 points and last place getting 2.40 points in the World Challenge (because there were only 18 players; 17th place got 3.91 points) and last pace (30th) in the Nedbank getting 2.08 points.

So there's lots of points at stake. We'll have a better idea how Shane is fixed when we see who is entered for these events this year

Speak Now · 23-11-2014 09:32PM

Last place in Nedbank gets $100k, nice way to ease into 2015 season.
Nothing like being on the gravy train.

vienne86 · 24-11-2014 09:40AM

Just checked the OWGR list. Lovely to see Shane perched on 47!

bigtimecharlie · 24-11-2014 05:43PM

vienne86 wrote: »

Just checked the OWGR list. Lovely to see Shane perched on 47!

Happy day's. So long as next year gets off to a good start, he'll be grand.

soundsham · 24-11-2014 06:06PM

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Happy day's. So long as next year gets off to a good start, he'll be grand.

This year he had a shocking start
Things didn't get going till the BMW @ wentworth
Playing well in the big events is more important that's where the ranking points are

LuckyGent88 · 24-11-2014 06:44PM

Looks like he is starting a well deserved holiday.
Serious farmers/golfers tan on him

Montgolfier · 24-11-2014 08:22PM

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Looks like he is starting a well deserved holiday.
Serious farmers/golfers tan on him

You think he'll ever lose the gut? Most pros these days work out a lot to improve their game.

slave1 · 24-11-2014 08:27PM

Montgolfier wrote: »

You think he'll ever lose the gut? Most pros these days work out a lot to improve their game.

Really? You want to go there???

searay · 24-11-2014 08:29PM

soundsham wrote: »

This year he had a shocking start
Things didn't get going till the BMW @ wentworth
Playing well in the big events is more important that's where the ranking points are

His schedule for this year was planned to skip the early season low money events in Asia, play the high money events when they reached Europe with a view to qualifying for and peaking in the big money events late in the season.

He has doubled his winnings and made the top 50 so he got it right.

Once he is in the top 50 at Christmas, his schedule for 2015 will be based around the wgc events and majors with higher ranking points. He'll probably drop out of the top 50 early in the new year but will rely on getting good points in these events to stay in the top 50.

Getting in to the top 50 seems to be harder than staying there. Some players get in through a surprise win in a big event. He had to really grind it out to get there, especially turning it around after a bad finish last week. That should stand to him.

I think we should be looking forward to seeing more of him at the big events.

Montgolfier · 24-11-2014 08:37PM

slave1 wrote: »

Really? You want to go there???

ooh touchy subject, I get it.☺

abff · 25-11-2014 01:45AM

Montgolfier wrote: »

ooh touchy subject, I get it.☺

Not so much a touchy subject as inappropriate timing. Let's just celebrate his achievement for a day or two before we start banging on again about his physique.

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

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