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Shane Lowry (born 2 April 1987) is an Irish
professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...
who plays on the
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and the
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. His notable achievements include winning the
2019 Open Championship The 2019 Open Championship was the 148th Open Championship, played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was the second Open Championship at Portrush, which last hosted in 1951, won by Max Faulkner. Royal Portrush ...
, the Irish Open as an amateur in
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
and the 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.


Early life

Born in the Midlands Regional Hospital,
Mullingar Mullingar ( ; ) is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. It is the third most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, Midland Region, with a population of 22,667 in the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. The Counties of M ...
, County Westmeath,
Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
, Lowry grew up in
Clara, County Offaly Clara () is a town on the River Brosna in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the 10th largest town in the midlands of Ireland. The town had a population of 3,403 as of the 2022 census. Clara's local services include churches, schools, a branch ...
. He is the son of
Brendan Lowry Brendan Lowry (born 11 July 1959) is an Irish people, Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club Ferbane GAA, Ferbane and for the Offaly county football team, Offaly senior county team from 1981 until 1992. He attended St Josep ...
, who won the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final with
Offaly County Offaly (; ) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in honour of Philip II of Spain ...
. Shane Lowry maintained his links with Offaly as his golfing career advanced, saying in 2021: "But any time I get the chance to go to
O'Connor Park O'Connor Park () is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA stadium in Tullamore, County Offaly, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is one of the principal grounds of the Offaly GAA Gaelic football and hurling teams. It is known for sponsorship reas ...
and watch Offaly play, I do and I am the first to give out if they lose and I am sitting in the stand." Lowry learned his early golf at Esker Hills Golf Club, where he began his amateur career. He attended Athlone Institute of Technology as a scholarship student on the Higher Certificate in Sport and Recreation.


Amateur career

Lowry was the 2007 Irish Amateur Close Champion, defeating Niall Turner 4 and 3 in the final. Lowry was part of the Irish teams, combined from the Republic of Ireland and
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, winning the
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in
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and
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, on the first occasion in the same team as
Rory McIlroy Rory Daniel McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking and has spent over 100 weeks in that position du ...
. While still an amateur in May
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
, he won the Irish Open at County Louth Golf Club on the
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, defeating
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on the third hole of a sudden death playoff. The win, on his tour debut, made him just the third amateur to win on the European Tour, following Danny Lee earlier in the 2009 season, and Pablo Martín in
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. Lowry shot a 62 to equal the lowest ever by an amateur on the circuit and led from the second round onwards. With this win, he entered the
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as an amateur at No. 168 and reached a career high of sixth in the
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.
Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading male amateur golfers in two teams: United States, and Great Britain and Ireland featuring players from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The official name is the 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." The win was only the second home victory since 1982 and the first since
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in 2007. 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."


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 The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading male amateur golfers in two teams: United States, and Great Britain and Ireland featuring players from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The official name is the Walker Cup ...
in September 2009. He made his professional début on 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. Lowry missed the first three cuts of his professional career, but had his first payday on 5 July, when he finished 50th at the Open de France Alstom. He had his best professional result in 2009 in November, when he finished 3rd in the
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in Japan. In January
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, Lowry finished in fourth place in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, moving him into the top-100 of the
Official World Golf Ranking The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers. It was started in 1986. The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolling ...
. In June 2010, Lowry qualified for his first major championship, the
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at
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. During the qualification, Lowry equalled
Nick Faldo Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo (born 18 July 1957) is an English retired professional golfer and television commentator. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his dedication to the game, and was ranked No. ...
's course record at
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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 in
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, at the
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in October. He shot a 67 to tie for the lead with the Englishman
Ross Fisher Ross Daniel Fisher (born 22 November 1980) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won five times, including the 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin Golf Club in Spain. Early life F ...
, who made bogey on the final hole after missing a four-foot putt. The victory lifted Lowry back into the Official World Golf Ranking top 100 and made him eligible to compete in the
WGC-HSBC Champions The WGC-HSBC Champions was a professional golf tournament, held annually in China. Inaugurated in 2005, the first seven editions were played at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, then moved to the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen for a sin ...
. In
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, Lowry was runner-up at the
BMW PGA Championship The BMW PGA Championship is an annual men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1955 by the Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain & Ireland), Professional Golfers' Association, and originally called the ...
in May and later tied for ninth at the
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at Royal Liverpool (Hoylake), his best finish at a major. In August
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, Lowry won the
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational The WGC Invitational was a professional golf tournament that was held in the United States. Established in 1999 as a successor to the World Series of Golf, it was one of three or four annual World Golf Championships (WGC) until 2021, when the nu ...
in the
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at Firestone in
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, two strokes ahead of runner-up
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. Lowry accepted PGA Tour membership for the 2015–16 season. At the 2016 U.S. Open at
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near
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, Lowry shot 65 (−5) in the third round for 203 (−7) and a four-stroke advantage over
Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson (born June 22, 1984) is an American professional golfer. He has won two Men's major golf championships, major championships, the 2016 U.S. Open (golf), 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club with a 4-under-par score of 276 ...
and Andrew Landry at the 54-hole stage. The 65 was Lowry's joint career best round at a major championship. Due to weather delays on Thursday, the third round was not completed until early on Sunday, and Lowry birdied two of his remaining four holes to extend his two stroke overnight lead to four. In the final round he was in contention for the title, within one shot of Dustin Johnson after 12 holes, before three consecutive bogeys on holes 14, 15 and 16 ended his chances. He finished the tournament tied for second place, with a final round score of 76. Lowry did not win on the
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from 2016 to 2018 but was joint runner-up in the 2017 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai and runner-up in the 2018
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. Lowry started the 2018–19 season with partial status after finishing 140th in the FedEx Cup.


2019: Open Championship victory

In January 2019, Lowry won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship by one shot over Richard Sterne. He led by 3 strokes after three rounds but was two-over-par after 11 holes of his final round and dropped 4 shots behind Sterne. However he finished with 3 birdies in the final 7 holes, while Sterne had two bogeys, giving Lowry the victory. In July, He moved into a share of the 36-hole lead at the
2019 Open Championship The 2019 Open Championship was the 148th Open Championship, played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was the second Open Championship at Portrush, which last hosted in 1951, won by Max Faulkner. Royal Portrush ...
at
Royal Portrush Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The 36-hole club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links (the championship course) and the Valley Links. The former is one of the courses on the rota of the O ...
, after successive opening rounds of 67. He was tied at eight under with J. B. Holmes. Lowry then shot a 63 for a new course record to lead by four strokes at the end of the third round. He won the tournament by six shots ahead of
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. Lowry held the Claret Jug for two years due to the
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postponing the 2020 edition of the Open Championship.


2021–2024: First Ryder Cup and continued success

In September 2021, Lowry played on the European team in the
2021 Ryder Cup The 43rd Ryder Cup Matches were held in the United States from September 24–26, 2021, on the Straits course at Whistling Straits, Haven, Wisconsin. Europe was the holder of the Ryder Cup after its win over the United States in 2018 Ryder Cup, 2 ...
at
Whistling Straits Whistling Straits is one of two 36-hole links-style golf courses associated with Destination Kohler, a luxury golf resort owned and operated by the Kohler Company in Kohler, Wisconsin. The other course is Blackwolf Run, located in the Villa ...
in
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. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Lowry went 1–2–0 including a loss in his Sunday singles match against
Patrick Cantlay Patrick Stephen Cantlay (born March 17, 1992) is an American professional golfer. He had a successful amateur career and was the number one golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 55 weeks. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour as well as ...
. In February 2022, Lowry finished runner-up at
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.
Sepp Straka Josef "Sepp" Straka (born 1 May 1993) is an Austrian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won four titles. Early and personal life Straka was born in Vienna, Austria on 1 May 1993, to an American mother and an Austrian fat ...
birdied the final hole to finish one shot ahead of him. In April, Lowry held the lead during the final round of the
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, however a double-bogey on the back nine, saw him finish one shot short of the playoff between
Patrick Cantlay Patrick Stephen Cantlay (born March 17, 1992) is an American professional golfer. He had a successful amateur career and was the number one golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 55 weeks. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour as well as ...
and
Jordan Spieth Jordan Alexander Spieth (; born July 27, 1993) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a three-time major winner and the 2015 FedEx Cup champion. Spieth's first m ...
. In September, Lowry won the
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at the
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. He shot a final-round 65 after the event had been shortened to 54 holes. He beat
Rory McIlroy Rory Daniel McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking and has spent over 100 weeks in that position du ...
and
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(who shot a 62 in the final round) by one stroke for his sixth European Tour victory. In September 2023, Lowry played on the European team in the
2023 Ryder Cup The 44th Ryder Cup was a series of golf matches between teams representing the DP World Tour (Europe) and the PGA of America (United States) for the Ryder Cup, that was held in Italy from 29 September to 1 October 2023 at Marco Simone Golf and Co ...
at
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in Guidonia,
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,
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. The European team won 16.5–11.5 and Lowry went 1–1–1 including a half in his Sunday singles match against
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. In the third round of the 2024 PGA Championship, Lowry shot a record-tying 62, only the fifth in men's major history.


Personal life

Lowry married Wendy Honner in 2016 and has two daughters. He is
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. During tournaments he often wears black and white clothes, which are the same colours as his hometown's Gaelic sports club. Lowry announced a five-year partnership with
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in April 2021. Lowry is a lifelong supporter of
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.


Amateur wins

*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 (7)


PGA Tour wins (3)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)


European Tour wins (6)

''*Note: The 2022 BMW PGA Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to
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European Tour playoff record (1–0)


Major championships


Wins (1)


Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to
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Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2019 PGA – 2022 PGA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (nine times)


Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the
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World Golf Championships


Wins (1)


Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order before 2015.'' 1Cancelled due to
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pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.


Team appearances

Amateur *
European Boys' Team Championship The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since. S ...
(representing Ireland): 2005 *
European Youths' Team Championship The European Youths' Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for men under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1961. It was played every year until 1982, then every second year. It ...
(representing Ireland): 2006 *
European Amateur Team Championship The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959. The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...
(representing Ireland):
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(winners),
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
(winners) *
St Andrews Trophy The St Andrews Trophy is a biennial men's team golf tournament contested between teams of amateur golfers representing Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It takes its name from St Andrews in Scotland. It was first played in 19 ...
(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2008 (winners) *
Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958 Eisenhower Trophy, 1958, it is nam ...
(representing Ireland):
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
*
Bonallack Trophy The Bonallack Trophy is an amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup which opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific. The venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific. The first compe ...
(representing Europe): 2008 (winners) Professional *
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(representing Ireland):
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,
2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
,
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
* EurAsia Cup (representing Europe):
2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
(winners) *
Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States, with hosting duties alternating between venues in Europe and the United States for each edition. The cup is named after the English businessman S ...
(representing Europe):
2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
,
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(winners) * Hero Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2023


References


External links

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