A Decade On & Lowry Now Treats The Irish Open As His Fifth Major
It is 10-years since a then very unheralded Shane Lowry gladly gave-up a Euro 1/2m victory pay-out in capturing the 2009 Irish Open at Baltray.
Lowry defied everyone, except an overwhelming rain-drenched partisan home crowd, in historically becoming the first amateur to land the Irish Open trophy at his very first attempt.
Being an amateur, the then 22-year old had to forfeit the whopping first prize cheque though there was the luxury, and when he turned pro a fortnight later, of a two-and-a-year ...
Lowry Heading To Lahinch In Best Form Ever.
Shane Lowry declares he is heading to next week’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open in the best form possible.
The Offlay golfer is backing-up his claims for a second Irish Open success already a winner on this year’s European Tour while he’s savoured the joy also of securing his 2019/20 PGA Tour card with a superb share of second behind Rory McIlroy earlier this month at the RBC Canadian Open.
Indeed, Lowry is also riding at No. 35 on the World Rankings and the knowledge also the 32-year ...
McIlroy At 8/1 With PaddyPower To Capture A Second Open & A Fifth Major
With now less than a month to tee-off in the 148th Open Championship and Rory McIlroy is second favourite to capture a second Claret Jug and a fifth Major.
PaddyPower has the now 30-year McIlroy at 8/1 favourite to find his way around Royal Portrush in the least number of shots late Sunday on July 21st.
American Brooks Koepka is rightfully a 7/1 favourite having captured a fourth major in winning a second PGA Championship title last May at Bethpage Park.
Masters champion Tiger Woods, ...
Kaymer Moves Into Top Gear At BMW International Open
Home town hero, Martin Kaymer already looks to be in a class of his own and moving into top gear by opening up a two shot lead ahead of the weekend rounds of the BMW International Open.
It has come as no surprise with record crowds out in force to support the two time Major Champion around Golfclub München Eichenried as Kaymer added a second round 66 to move to 11-under par.
Kaymer won the event for a first time in 2008 and while he’s won a PGA Championship and a U.S. Open the very affable ...
Famed Nothern Irish Cliff Take On Mt. Rushmore Open Champions Look
It is Ireland’s golfing version of America’s famed Mt. Rushmore.
With the 148th Open at Royal Portrush now just a matter of days away Tourism Northern Ireland has unveiled a very fitting and clever tribute to four Irishborn golfing legends.
In a specially commissioned visual, the iconic cliffs of Fairhead in County Antrim have been digitally transformed into an eye-catching sculpture featuring the images of local golfing greats, past and present. Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and ...
Kaymer Kick-Starts Quest For A Second BMW International Open Success.
It has been 11-years since Martin Kaymer’s dramatic and also emotional 2008 BMW International Open success.
A then 23-year old celebrated the 20th staging of the BMW International Open becoming the first German-born winner in birding the first extra hole on the Eichenried course to the north of the Bavarian capital.
It was the second of Kaymer’s two years in 2008, and in a break-through victory year that saw Kaymer capture the first of three Abu Dhabi HSBC Championships.
Kaymer has since ...
McIlroy Singles Out U.S. Open Starting 68 As Best Major Round In Four Years.
Rory McIlroy singled out his round of 68 on day one of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach as a best Major Championship individual round showing in four years.
McIlroy, and despite kick-starting his day with a bogey, signed for a three-under par 68 to head the clubhouse just two strokes behind the American duo of Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele along with former Open winner, Louis Oosthuizen who signed for five-under par 66s in the cool and overcast conditions along the Pacific Ocean course near Carmel.
McIlroy’s ...
