The Open: Shane Lowry’s Royal Portrush triumph immortalised following ‘dream’ 2019 win | Golf News

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The Open returns to Royal Portrush this week, six years after the superb triumph of Shane Lowry in 2019 in front of record crowds – while he succeeds in spreading his great companion Rory McILroy.

On the course of course very changed on which McILroy displayed a record score as an amateur of 16 years in 2005, his return in 2019 was rough who ended in tears when he missed the cup with a disastrous opening of 79 which did not include a quadruple-bogy eight in the first with agitation 65 which was not enough.

Lowry’s week, contrasting, was triumphant, the Irishman emerging from the shadow of Mcilroy to win a six -stroke victory over Tommy Fleetwood in front of some 237,000 spectators who made their way through the doors to attend his moment of coronation.

Six years after the Portrush ‘Dream’ race from Lowry

“Doing something like that is a dream for life,” said Lowry this week.

“You can’t look at this in a positive way otherwise. If you watch it otherwise, you are in the wrong game.”

The open being back to Royal Portrush for the first time since 1951, the 67 consecutive had given Lowry a part of the mid-term with JB Holmes out of eight sous, before it was clear with a 63 course record on Saturday which made him four shots on Fleetwood on the second day.

At the time, Lowry became the 12th player since 2000 to lead in a major by four strokes or more at the bar of 54 holes, with only three of them not having continued and winning – including itself at the US Open 2016 in Oakmont.

Lowry had two top -10 on his name before – during the 2014 PGA championship and the 2015 US Open – but Oakmont was his first tangible opportunity for Major Glory and he saw him exploding his advantage at the end of his first nine, Dustin Johnson finally emerging Victorious.

The alarm ringtones therefore had to ring when on Sunday in Portrush, Lowry left a delicate putt of six feet for Bogey in the first and Fleetwood was held above a chance of creatable Birdie.

But instead of a potential three -stroke swing after the opening hole, Lowry put on his putt as Fleetwood missed him, that dropped almost treated as a success for the Irishman, who proceeded to the stretch of his advance at six when Birdieing three in four holes of the fourth.

Three Bogeys in four followed the tour of the Tour while the worst time ride, but the elements also wreaked havoc on its main rivals and he maintained a sufficient cushion to enjoy the memorable celebrations of the partisan crowd in the closing section.

Lowry ready for the return of Portrush: I am better than in 2019

Lowry now assumes the role of a well-Celbratebrate return champion this week, a wall painting having been painted in a house in Portrush.

“I did not know what to do at the beginning – and all those who arrive here continue to send me photos alongside,” said Lowry, before joking: “I cannot say what some of them did [in the photos]. But it’s very special. “”

Lowry added: “It’s incredible to be back. We have only had five openings since the last here in Portrush, which simply shows what R&A and the organizers think of this place.

“Obviously, I am a little biased, but I think it is one of the best sites.

“There are a lot of memories and there is a lot of reflection on what I did. What I did was very special; To descend the 18th hole with an advance of six strokes, I will probably never do that, so I will not try to reproduce this.

“It doesn’t give me the right to do God to do anything special this week. I just need to lower my head on Thursday morning, get it and see what’s going on.”

The Lowry game is in a relatively good order, after registering in the top 10 of the world earlier this year (currently 18th), with a second place in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro -Am – losing against McILroy – and in the Triste championship, although this is a source of frustration.

“I am sort of proud not to run out of cuts, especially in major events,” said Lowry. “I feel like I can always go there or about it and I have done it in recent years.

“I have always been quite good this year. I have given myself some chance to win, which I am very disappointed that I did not do it, but we have a few months left to buy back and get a victory on the board.”

He added: “I always have certain things that I would like to do in the game, and I work very hard.

“I am a better golfer than in 2019, but that does not mean that I will go out and win by seven this year instead of six. It’s just golf; that’s how it is.”

Mcilroy masters champion takes place for the second return

“ A better golfer ” and a well -celbratebrate champion, but as Lowry returns to the places of his triumph of 2019, he does it with the specter of another return McILroy who is also looming – now with the big career chelem in his name.

Lowry admitted to having mixed feelings for the triumph of his friend to the masters earlier this year, saying after: “Honestly, it was the strangest day of all time.”

He had been thorny with the media after his third round, bogeys consecutive to 17 and 18 years old, seeing him escape seven of the rhythm established by Mcilroy, to whom he was not ready to entertain questions.

“I’m not going to stand here and talk about Rory for 10 minutes,” said Lowry at the time. “I also try to win the tournament.”

Lowry’s Masters would finish with a ugly 81 on Sunday while McILroy ended his major 11 -year -old drought and won the big career chelem spectacular – and that is the couple’s link which, even with the disappointment of their final collapse, Lowry was the first player there to kiss his friend in the midst of celebrations.

“He did everything in the match,” said Lowry about McILroy on Mcilroy on Mcilroy. “He finished this in April. And his constant will to improve every day is admirable.

“We have become quite close in recent years, and I think that has helped us both.

“I think I help him but he also helps me. I certainly feel like I learned a lot from his work ethics and the way I apply to the game now.”

Lowry and McILroy certainly form a great pair, whether you equip to win the classic of Zurich 2024, with an episode of full success on said success, when you support yourself in a Ryder Cup – even during a nachoir in a parking lot – or when you are in the head of a return home.

Although McILroy can still take the best invoicing this week, and Lowry could even have to answer a few questions about it, the spotlights rightly shine on the 2019 champion this week.

“It’s a big event for us all the Irish here this week,” said Lowry. “It’s huge.

“I think the first tee that morning in 2019 was the most nervous I have ever been on the first T-shirt in a tournament. All you want to do is bring down the ball, and obviously Rory did not do this.

“All we want to do is give us a chance, on weekends, and if you give yourself a chance, you never know what could happen and if you do something very special.”

How can I watch open live on Sky Sports?

Sky Sports is once again the exclusive house of open, with live coverage of the seven days of the tournament week from July 14 to 20 and 24 -hour coverage of the last male major of the year.

There are seven hours of live cover on Monday and Tuesday training days at Royal Portrush before a nine hour bumper live Wednesday, from 9 a.m. each morning.

The open wall cover then begins at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 17 on Sky Sports GolfWith a live action available for the four days of tournament and an additional crowd of flow also available on Sky Sports +.

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