Shane Lowry (golfer)

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Shane Lowry
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Shane Lowry
Born (1987-04-02) 2 April 1987
Clara, County Offaly, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 224 lb (102 kg; 16.0 st)
Nationality  Ireland
Residence Clara, County Offaly, Ireland
Career
College Athlone Institute of Technology
Turned professional 2009
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2011
The Open Championship T32: 2013
PGA Championship T57: 2013

Shane Lowry (born 2 April 1987) is an Irish professional golfer.

Amateur career

Lowry was born in Clara, County Offaly, the son of Offaly 1982 All-Ireland winning footballer Brendan Lowry.[1] He learned his early golf at Esker Hills Golf Club, where he began his amateur career.[2] He attended Athlone Institute of Technology as a scholarship student on the Higher Certificate in Sport and Recreation.

Shane Lowry was the 2007 Irish Amateur Close Champion, defeating Niall Turner 4 & 3 in the final.[3] While still an amateur in May 2009, he won The 3 Irish Open on the European Tour, defeating Robert Rock on the third hole of a sudden death playoff. The win, on his tour début, made him just the third amateur to win on the European Tour,[4] following Danny Lee earlier in the 2009 season, and Pablo Martín in 2007. Lowry shot a 62 to equal the lowest ever by an amateur on the circuit and led from the second round onwards.[5]

With this win, he entered the Official World Golf Ranking as an amateur at No. 168[6] and reached a career high of 6th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[7] Walker Cup captain Colin Dagleish described the win as "fairytale stuff", adding: "You'd have to say that Shane's victory was the biggest (of the three amateur wins). To win your own national Open is quite something. It was unbelievable, it really was."[5] The win was all the more remarkable because it was only the second home win since 1982 and the first since Pádraig Harrington in 2007.[5] Harrington himself was also full of praise: "It’s fabulous for Irish golf. You only have to look at the fact it is such a rarity for an amateur to win, such a rarity for an Irish player to win the Irish Open. So, on a lot of fronts, it is a big deal. It was very impressive."[8]

Professional career

Lowry elected to turn professional the week after his Irish Open triumph, meaning that he would miss out on the opportunity to play in the Walker Cup in September.[9] He made his professional début on the 28 May at the European Open, where he shot 78 in the first round to end the opening day almost at the back of the field, and went on to miss the cut following a second round 73.[10]

Lowry missed the first three cuts of his professional career, but had his first pay day on 5 July 2009, when he finished 50th at the Open de France ALSTOM.[11] He had his best professional result in November 2009, when he finished 3rd in the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan.[12] In January 2010, he finished in fourth place in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship,[13] moving him into the top-100 of the Official World Golf Ranking.[14]

In June 2010, Lowry qualified for his first major championship, the 2010 Open Championship at St Andrews. During the qualification, Lowry equalled Nick Faldo's course record at Sunningdale when he posted a 62. Lowry went on to make the cut at St Andrews and eventually finished in a tie for 37th place. Lowry won for the first time as a professional at the Portugal Masters. He shot a 67 to tie for the lead with the Englishman Ross Fisher, who made bogey on the final hole after missing a four-foot putt. The victory elevated Lowry up to 74th in the Official World Golf Ranking and made him eligible to compete in the WGC-HSBC Champions. [citation needed]

Amateur wins (5)

  • 2007 Irish Amateur Close Championship
  • 2008 West of Ireland Championship, North of Ireland Championship, Mullingar Scratch Cup
  • 2009 Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (2)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up
1 17 May 2009 The 3 Irish Open
(as an amateur)		 –17 (67-62-71-71=271) Playoff England Robert Rock
2 14 Oct 2012 Portugal Masters –14 (67-70-67-66=270) 1 stroke England Ross Fisher

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2009 The 3 Irish Open England Robert Rock Won with par on third extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2010201120122013
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship T37 DNP DNP T32
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP T57

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2013 Open Championship - 2013 PGA, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ↑ "Shane Lowry is getting used to being the top man". Irish Times. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009. 
  2. ↑ "Hills alive with success of local hero Shane". Irish Examiner. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Lowry wins Irish Amateur Close". RTÉ. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2009. 
  4. ↑ "Lowry claims Irish Open title". RTÉ. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Lowry ponders his options". RTÉ. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009. 
  6. ↑ "Lowry enters rankings". Sky Sports. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009. 
  7. ↑ {06E33FA7-E1B5-4B0D-AE14-292B34A25086}&newsid=6632874&siteid=&pageno=&newscategory=1171&frommonth=3&fromyear=2009&tomonth=5&toyear=2009 Walker Cup squad members prove luck of the Irish, 20 May 2009
  8. ↑ "Harrington takes the long view". Irish Times. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009. 
  9. ↑ "Lowry opts to turn professional". BBC Sport. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009. 
  10. ↑ "Lowry left all at sea". The Belfast Telegraph. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009. 
  11. ↑ "Lowry claws way onto money trail". Irish Independent. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009. 
  12. ↑ "Lowry third as Molinari wins Dunlop Phoenix". RTÉ Sport. 22 November 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
  13. ↑ "Mixed emotions for Lowry and McIlroy". Irish Times. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
  14. ↑ Official World Golf Rankings, Week 4, 24 January 2010

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