Shane Lowry is hoping to make use of his expertise as a weapon as he begins his quest for victory on the Augusta Nationwide this week. The World No. 13 has a reasonably robust monitor file on the match, ending third in 2022. Nevertheless, Lowry’s solely Main stays the 2019 Open Championship.
Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are among the many favourites to win this yr’s Masters however Lowry is optimistic about his probabilities and might be banking on his expertise. The 37-year-old completed as runner-up on the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am in February. The Irishman has additionally completed within the prime 25 at Augusta Nationwide in 4 of the final 5 years. Earlier than that, he missed 5 of his first six cuts in Georgia and suffered the identical destiny at Firestone and Bay Hill.
The 2019 Open Championship winner has completed within the prime 20 in 5 of the final six PGA Tour occasions, together with three top-10 finishes. Lowry additionally had his finest ever begin to a FedEx Cup marketing campaign which earned him a profession excessive World rating.
Lowry Round Lengthy Sufficient To Clinch Victory
Shane Lowry is aware of that he has to beat the perfect golfers on this planet if he’s to face any probability of successful the Masters. Nevertheless, the Irishman believes that he has the required expertise to compete with the perfect and win the Masters Match this week.
“If I’m on that tenth tee with an opportunity to win the Masters on Sunday, I’d definitely be prepared for it. There’s little question about that nevertheless it’s getting there’s the massive factor the following 4 or 5 days,” the 37-year-old stated forward of this week’s Masters.
“I really feel like I’ve been round lengthy sufficient and I’ve completed sufficient within the recreation to be prepared for any state of affairs this week. So we’ll simply must see what it provides you,” he added.
The Irishman is making his tenth begin on the Masters and he would remember that almost all of the earlier winners received the match between their seventh and tenth look on the occasion. Lowry will play alongside two-time U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau and 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama.
Lowry Aiming To Make Irish Historical past
A victory on the Masters this week won’t solely symbolize Lowry’s second Main, it’s going to additionally mark a little bit of historical past for Irish golf. Eire is the sixth most profitable {golfing} nation on the main championship stage with 11 titles. Nevertheless, Eire is the one nation of the highest seven most profitable {golfing} nations but to say a Masters Inexperienced jacket. The Irishman believes it might be one of many largest issues to ever occur in sports activities in Eire ought to he develop into the primary Irish golfer to win the Masters.
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