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

abff · 11-01-2015 01:44PM

I see Shane is starting off his season in the States. https://www.facebook.com/shanelowrygolf?fref=nf

Those tournaments are on during the first two weeks in February. Would be nice to see him carry over some of his form from last season and get 2015 off to a good start.

Speak Now · 11-01-2015 05:26PM

Torrey Pines and Pebble Beach, sweet

vienne86 · 11-01-2015 05:28PM

abff wrote: »

I see Shane is starting off his season in the States. https://www.facebook.com/shanelowrygolf?fref=nf

Those tournaments are on during the first two weeks in February. Would be nice to see him carry over some of his form from last season and get 2015 off to a good start.

Great that he now has the chance to play in America, which I think he has always wanted. Hope it goes well for him.

abff · 26-01-2015 10:46AM

Shane remains at 45 in the World Rankings this week, but he's now ahead of Tiger Woods. I know it's because Tiger's been injured, but still...

vienne86 · 27-01-2015 06:40PM

abff wrote: »

Shane remains at 45 in the World Rankings this week, but he's now ahead of Tiger Woods. I know it's because Tiger's been injured, but still...

Yes, it looks well

45th Lowry

47th Woods

Rikand · 02-02-2015 01:42PM

Up to 44th

Didn't even have to pick up a club

slave1 · 02-02-2015 02:11PM

Rikand wrote: »

Up to 44th

Didn't even have to pick up a club

Jammy b@5tard practicing in Orlando all week, if I was him I would have touched base with Poults for a round at Nona

benny79 · 02-02-2015 04:09PM

he's starting very late considering most of the other tour players are up and running any reason?

AGC · 02-02-2015 04:13PM

benny79 wrote: »

he's starting very late considering most of the other tour players are up and running any reason?

Because he is able to focus on bigger events now.

Speak Now · 02-02-2015 05:37PM

benny79 wrote: »

he's starting very late considering most of the other tour players are up and running any reason?

He had a very busy schedule to end last season, well deserved break especially with his world ranking holding up so well.

coylemj · 02-02-2015 05:42PM

benny79 wrote: »

he's starting very late considering most of the other tour players are up and running any reason?

He picked up €94K by coming 11th in the Nedbank Challenge last December. That event was the first in the schedule for the 2015 Race to Dubai and from that event alone he is currently 36th in the R2D rankings despite not having played in a single event in calendar year 2015.

vienne86 · 02-02-2015 07:08PM

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

He had a very busy schedule to end last season, well deserved break especially with his world ranking holding up so well.

Hope he isn't too rusty now. Looking forward to seeing him (well, if the cameras move away for Tiger for a moment or two) this week.

slave1 · 02-02-2015 07:25PM

vienne86 wrote: »

Hope he isn't too rusty now. Looking forward to seeing him (well, if the cameras move away for Tiger for a moment or two) this week.

Unless he's in contention or gets a spectacular shot I doubt we will see any of him

Rikand · 02-02-2015 09:39PM

slave1 wrote: »

Unless he's in contention or gets a spectacular shot I doubt we will see any of him

Ah sure we'll wait and see who he's drawn with. 44th in the world. Could get himself into a decent grouping!

vienne86 · 02-02-2015 11:09PM

Last season was just brilliant for him. He got his schedule just right, it seems, so I think we all have high hopes for him this season.

slave1 · 03-02-2015 10:34AM

No frost worries for this jammy dodger

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vienne86 · 03-02-2015 10:43AM

He's dead right to spend a good while warming up there. More luck to him.

AGC · 04-02-2015 03:07PM

We definitely won't be seeing much of him

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/farmers-insurance-open/tee-times.html

slave1 · 04-02-2015 03:09PM

This will be hard for him, two brand new courses, he might only get a chance to play them once beforehand so learning curve not in his favour, if he makes the cut then that would in itself be doing okay

Rikand · 04-02-2015 03:16PM

AGC wrote: »

We definitely won't be seeing much of him

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/farmers-insurance-open/tee-times.html

Playing in the group directly behind Mickleson. If he's playing any kind of decent golf, we'll see plenty of him as there'll be cameras in the area.

Anatom · 04-02-2015 04:04PM

Good to see Dustin Johnson back though... (wrong thread I know)

vienne86 · 04-02-2015 06:17PM

AGC wrote: »

We definitely won't be seeing much of him

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/farmers-insurance-open/tee-times.html

Never heard of either of those guys. Might be no harm to have a quiet group as he's learning the course.

slave1 · 05-02-2015 12:03PM

Lose the beard dude

slave1 · 05-02-2015 12:05PM

His bag this week, wonder what club is missing? 4 iron, another hybrid?

Bluefoam · 05-02-2015 12:17PM

The beard is awesome... Don't be jealous, you'll be able to grow one when you grow up

vienne86 · 05-02-2015 11:52PM

Early days, but he's had a bogey and a double to be 3 over after 5. Rusty I'd say.

SSK · 06-02-2015 12:05AM

Possibly easy to say in hindsight but I did find it strange that he didn't choose to open his season in one of the desert swing events on a course that he was familiar with rather than a tough PGA Tour event on a couple of new courses for him (AFAIK).

Early days still though, hope he can steady the ship with a birdie at the par 5 now.

vienne86 · 06-02-2015 12:23AM

What on earth has happened on Hole 7? Shot tracker implies that he went backwards from the fairway into the rough!

.........well he got a par, so the shot tracker obviously had a wobbly.

PARlance · 06-02-2015 12:23AM

SSK wrote: »

Possibly easy to say in hindsight but I did find it strange that he didn't choose to open his season in one of the desert swing events on a course that he was familiar with rather than a tough PGA Tour event on a couple of new courses for him (AFAIK).

Early days still though, hope he can steady the ship with a birdie at the par 5 now.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/golf/im-ryder-cup-level-says-lowry-302730.html

He said: “I’d like to take a month in January to get ready for that and the season that’s ahead rather than being thrown in the deep end with three events in a row in the desert.

“I’d really like to play both tours because even through I played a bit in the US last year, I didn’t have a great time because I wasn’t doing too well.

“It was all a bit rushed, getting invites the week before events and playing different types of courses and different greens every week. It was too much too quick.”

I think he was dead right to give the Desert Swing a miss. He was having a terrible time up until April/May last year and I would have put that down to a crazy schedule. People on here were panicking that he wouldn't retain his card.

SSK · 06-02-2015 12:44AM

PARlance wrote: »

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/golf/im-ryder-cup-level-says-lowry-302730.html

He said: “I’d like to take a month in January to get ready for that and the season that’s ahead rather than being thrown in the deep end with three events in a row in the desert.

“I’d really like to play both tours because even through I played a bit in the US last year, I didn’t have a great time because I wasn’t doing too well.

“It was all a bit rushed, getting invites the week before events and playing different types of courses and different greens every week. It was too much too quick.”

I think he was dead right to give the Desert Swing a miss. He was having a terrible time up until April/May last year and I would have put that down to a crazy schedule. People on here were panicking that he wouldn't retain his card.

I get that he needed a break alright but I question the logic of starting your season in unfamiliar surroundings. It seems that his schedule is being dictated more by the sponsors invites that he can get to events in the States rather than anything else.

As he says, it was this more than anything else that caused his schedule issues last year as well. I suppose his invites are more solid this year and he has been able to plan better, hence him skipping the desert. I do like that he's fully backing himself to succeed in the States.

I see he is playing the much tougher South Course today so no need to panic just yet.

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

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