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EXCLUSIVE by Bernie McGuire Brendan Lowry bravely managed to hold it together for 18 very long holes over the final day of The Open before finally breaking down at the back of the green in a flood of tears. Lowry, and in the company of a very close long-time friend, were inconspicuous to almost everyone as they walked inside the ropes for the final round of the 148th Open. They wore dark maroon coloured ‘Greens Staff’ armbands walking with the TV crews and the written media. Lowry Snr had celebrated ...

Shane Lowry made it five Emerald Isle winners of The Open in 12 years with an emphatic six shot success at Royal Portrush. On the 10th anniversary of his emotional Irish Open win at Baltray, the Clara golfer, and in familiar driving wind and rain, put the field to the sword at Royal Portrush to become the fifth Irishman to win the Open Championship. “It’s not going to sink in for a couple of days, is it?”, said a surprisingly calm Lowry post-round. “I just can’t believe I’m sitting here ...

When The Open was first staged at Royal Portrush in 1951 Max Faulkner was handed a prize cheque of £300 from a prize pook of £1,700. If Shane Lowry, or whoever is handed the Claret Jug later today, the first prize will be a whopping £1.56m from a 148th Open Championship prize fund of £8.65m and up £200,000 overall on last year. Take the player who finishes this week at Royal Portrush as he will earn just short of £20,000. “The Open is a global sporting event and our priority is to ensure ...

There’s an old saying in golf and that before you win a Major you first have to lose one. Shane Lowry falls into that category having led by four shots heading into the final round of the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont. It’s not lost that Lowry also leads by four shots heading to the last day of this year’s last Major and lying at 16-under par after three loops of Royal Portrush. But unlike the overwhelming parochial US crowds ouytside of Pittsburg, Lowry will have the whole of Ireland ...

The noise was like nothing else as Ireland’s own Shane Lowry smashed the course record and in the process storm his way to a four-shot lead heading to the final round of the 148th Open. In scenes somewhat similar to Lowry’s remarkable 2009 Irish Open success as an amateur the very affable Irishman brilliantly birdied three of his closing four holes in a round of an eight-under par 63 shattering the course by two shots. Lowry brilliantly didn’t drop a shot all day and it was just ...

Graeme McDowell began his round with the then loudest cheer on the first tee and four hours later had the 18th hole grandstand roaring with delight rolling in a virtual tap-in putt for his second straight birdie ‘3’ in a round of 68 on day three of the 148th Open Championship. G Mac teed-up alongside double Masters winning Bubba Watson in the third group of the morning at 9.55am local time having posted earlier scores of 73 and 70 to make the cut right on the one-over cut-off mark. He ...

Respected Royal Portrush pro Gary McNeill will tee-up in this morning’s third round of The Open after the odd number field that made cut following Friday’s second round. Caddying for McNeill will be 62-year Paul Rodich, a member at this year’s home host venue. Rodich began his caddying career at age 10 and now 50-years later he remains the most knowledgeable and most sought-after among the caddies.