It has never happened since Shane Lowry captured the 2009 Irish Open as a then amateur and that is a new full-page pictorial spread featuring the Carton House pro.
However in Monday’s edition of one of the leading UAE newspapers was a pictorial tribute to Lowry after securing 5th place in the European Tour’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai and with that result moving inside the top-50 on the World Rankings.
And here is what Lowry has waited to see for a few agonizing months and that’s confirmation of his place in golf’s elite top-50 on the World Rankings.