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

Kevin Finnerty · 15-03-2019 8:30pm

Is he in danger of not making the Masters now?

slave1 · 15-03-2019 9:18pm

Not making cuts, not playing = drops in ranking so yes, he's leaving it in the hands of others

Kevin Finnerty · 15-03-2019 9:25pm

Frustrating. I have him done to be a Major champion before 2021. Masters wouldn't be his strongest anyway imo.

Rikand · 15-03-2019 9:27pm

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

Is he in danger of not making the Masters now?

SeeMoreBut · 17-03-2019 2:29pm

Harding could jump him this week

Trampas · 18-03-2019 12:22pm

Looks like the down to the matchplay. I expect he’ll need to win 1 game

Joe_ Public · 18-03-2019 12:31pm

Gonna drop 2 places to 47th this week. Big jump from Snedeker after excellent performance in sawgrass. Hopefully doesn’t lose too much more ground this week, gonna be very tight for him in relation to masters i feel.

Rikand · 18-03-2019 1:19pm

Only snedeker and Howell jumped him in the end. There was a dose of points to be made but when given the chance the others fell away too

coylemj · 18-03-2019 3:36pm

Rikand wrote: »

Only snedeker and Howell jumped him in the end. There was a dose of points to be made but when given the chance the others fell away too

Howell picked up just 3 OWGR points for coming T35 in the Players but that was sufficient for him to jump two places from 46 to 44 and overtake Shane.

Which just shows how precarious his position is with two weeks to the Masters cutoff - especially as he is not playing in the Valspar this week.

Rikand · 19-03-2019 3:06pm

Furyk could be a surprise one to overtake him. He was 191st in the world 2 weeks ago. He's up inside the top 60 now. The big thing for him is that his ranking divisor is 40 but he only actually has 33 tournaments counting for him. This means he's freewheeling more or less on the points gains. If Lowry does nothing in his next tournie and furyk produces anything top 10-ish he could overtake him

Mokuba · 19-03-2019 3:11pm

Furyk is playing the Valspar this week, which he has won before but might come too soon for him given his age after the weekends exertions.

I reckon Furyk will have a brilliant matchplay which he has qualified for though.

Joe_ Public · 19-03-2019 3:16pm

I think it all just goes to suggest Shane won’t get to the masters standing still. He’ll probably hsve to go to matchplay and achieve at least 2-3 results. And that’s how it should be really, just a pity he didn’t get into valspar field this week. Was wondering if he might have snagged an invite but not to be.

coylemj · 21-03-2019 6:15pm

The leaderboard page on europeantour.com shows (in the last column on the right) each player's world ranking ('WR') which is very useful if you're tracking your favourite player and want to see if certain players are likely to overtake him in the rankings. The leaderboard on pgatour.com only shows the Fedex rankings.

As the WGC next week is a co-sanctioned event and the ET website will hopefully have a leaderboard (not as an external link), it will be worth keeping an eye on it and especially tracking who is above Shane on the leaderboard and ranked 47-60, they will be the main threat in terms of pushing him out of the top 50.

coylemj · 21-03-2019 6:46pm

I'll admit it's a bit early to be getting worried but currently in the clubhouse and tied for 3rd place with Luke Donald are: (current OWGR position in brackets)

Kevin Kisner (50)
Russell Knox (62)

Others to keep an eye on this week are Chez Reavie (56) and Jim Furyk (57).

Mantis Toboggan · 21-03-2019 7:53pm

Any reason why he's not playing the valspar?

slave1 · 21-03-2019 8:12pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Any reason why he's not playing the valspar?

He is not a PGA tour member so will have to rely on an invite which was not forthcoming (assuming he asked for one), generally speaking AFAIK most written requests are sanctioned

vapor trails · 21-03-2019 8:24pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Any reason why he's not playing the valspar?

All the confidence he built in winning on the European tour seems to be getting eroded by his stint back stateside. When he won in Abu Dhabi he mentioned afterward how the whole vibe and feel of the European tour from the locker room to even the travel and camaraderie amongst the players, it all added up to him feeling more comfortable on course and results came good.

I know the European tour is fairly garbage at the moment so I suppose he didn't really have much of a choice. Just hope the damage isn't already done by Augusta.

coylemj · 21-03-2019 10:45pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Any reason why he's not playing the valspar?

He earned a three year exemption on the PGA tour by winning the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in 2015. That expired at the end of the 2018 season and, as he finished outside the top 125 in the Fedex rankings (PGA Tour money list) last season, he lost his tour card.

Rikand · 23-03-2019 12:01am

Kisner has emptied the togs

Jim the only threat this week probably

Maybe Sunjae Im if he wins it or Glover or Willett

probably all comes down to the matchplay

Trampas · 23-03-2019 7:30pm

Fowler and Scott not playing match play. Not what shane would want as two more who could pass him

HighLine · 24-03-2019 11:26pm

https://twitter.com/VC606/status/1109944338753208320

Trampas · 25-03-2019 7:39am

Roughly needs 2 players below him not to get into 1/4’s and should be ok.

Results are going his way again

kmart6 · 25-03-2019 11:58pm

Dell Matchplay Group
Reed
Garcia
Lowry
Putman

Rikand · 26-03-2019 12:26am

it's the group of all the people who are showing almost zero form. Anyone could come out of it

bigtimecharlie · 27-03-2019 10:51pm

Sergio's giving him a trouncing, 4 up at the turn.

Mantis Toboggan · 27-03-2019 10:58pm

Just seems to be out of his depth. 5 down true 10 struggling big time.

Remind me · 27-03-2019 11:27pm

1 back. His form just seems shot.

Remind me · 27-03-2019 11:41pm

Another 1 back

Mantis Toboggan · 27-03-2019 11:43pm

3 behind 5 to play

Rikand · 28-03-2019 1:20am

beaten 4&2

According to sky he needs to win just 1 match to be guaranteed of making the top 50

GreeBo · 28-03-2019 9:29am

Rikand wrote: »

beaten 4&2

According to sky he needs to win just 1 match to be guaranteed of making the top 50

ugh, no pressure then!

Remind me · 28-03-2019 9:31am

Likely to still be in top 50 even if beaten in all 3 games but would not be good.

Dayor Knight · 28-03-2019 6:23pm

Remind me wrote: »

Likely to still be in top 50 even if beaten in all 3 games but would not be good.

Don't think he'll care too much if he gets there. Pressure would be off.

Mantis Toboggan · 28-03-2019 10:23pm

https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/1111376351133523968?s=19

Nice Eagle from Shane!

Remind me · 28-03-2019 10:54pm

Can’t qualify now

fullstop · 28-03-2019 11:06pm

Remind me wrote: »

Can’t qualify now

Is it not top 2 qualify?

If he beats Putnam and Garcia beats Reed (very likely) he'd qualify.

Mushy · 28-03-2019 11:06pm

Got the half anyway, good result!

charlieIRL · 28-03-2019 11:06pm

Great chip to secure the half. Even if he doesn’t progress it would be great to get a win tomorrow and secure the masters slot.

mickmackmcgoo · 28-03-2019 11:06pm

fullstop wrote:

Is it not top 2 qualify?

Only the group winner qualifies

Mushy · 28-03-2019 11:07pm

fullstop wrote: »

Is it not top 2 qualify?

If he beats Putnam and Garcia beats Reed (very likely) he'd qualify.

Only 1 qualifies. It's why I feel form can go out the window in this event

TheCitizen · 28-03-2019 11:11pm

To finish top 50 and get in The Masters he only needed one win out of the 3 games according to McGinley. So maybe a tie tomorrow and definitely a win should be enough to qualify for the Masters.

This tournament depends on Garcia and Reed result and Garcia is already in the last 16.

Ryder Cup would suit Lowry. Hopefully he'll be in the next one.

fullstop · 28-03-2019 11:17pm

TheCitizen wrote: »

Ryder Cup would suit Lowry. Hopefully he'll be in the next one.

Don't think it would. His matchplay record as a pro is dreadful.

Mantis Toboggan · 28-03-2019 11:20pm

Hopefully but I think Lowry may have missed his chance for the ryder cup and lads like Fleetwood, Matt Fitz, matt Wallace, Hatton and Eddie Peperell have all moved ahead of him. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Golfhead65 · 28-03-2019 11:52pm

Harrington is a big fan of Shane's and if he doesn't qualify automatically, Padraig will pick him if he's in around the top lads and showing form

Trampas · 28-03-2019 11:57pm

TheCitizen wrote: »

To finish top 50 and get in The Masters he only needed one win out of the 3 games according to McGinley. So maybe a tie tomorrow and definitely a win should be enough to qualify for the Masters.

This tournament depends on Garcia and Reed result and Garcia is already in the last 16.

Ryder Cup would suit Lowry. Hopefully he'll be in the next one.

His record in wgc match play is

R16 T34 T51 T51

Unless he’s banging on door he hasn’t a hope.

Let’s be realistic

fullstop · 28-03-2019 11:57pm

Golfhead65 wrote: »

Harrington is a big fan of Shane's and if he doesn't qualify automatically, Padraig will pick him if he's in around the top lads and showing form

Not sure what gives you that impression. He'll need to qualify if he wants to play. Dreadful matchplay record.

Remind me · 29-03-2019 12:05am

fullstop wrote: »

Not sure what gives you that impression. He'll need to qualify if he wants to play. Dreadful matchplay record.

It’s based on on 1 event though?

What other matchay has he played since turning pro?

kmart6 · 29-03-2019 11:16am

Golfhead65 wrote: »

Harrington is a big fan of Shane's and if he doesn't qualify automatically, Padraig will pick him if he's in around the top lads and showing form

Didn't Harrington say on OTB that Shane will need to qualify, that because he is such a fan of him he can't be seen to be favouring him with a pick. Obviously things can change but that's a pretty big indicator.

Panrich · 29-03-2019 11:24am

Trampas wrote: »

His record in wgc match play is

R16 T34 T51 T51

Unless he’s banging on door he hasn’t a hope.

Let’s be realistic

I can't decipher his record from this. Are you saying he has 16 wins and 34 losses out of 51 rounds?

lowelife · 29-03-2019 11:42am

Just found this...

https://www.pgatour.com/news/2019/03/25/world-golf-championships-dell-technologies-match-play-group-draw-preview.html

46. SHANE LOWRY (3-7-2)

EXPERT PICK: Reed isn't the only match play lover here; Lowry, who tends to fly under the radar, comes out of this group

lol

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

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