{"id":26024,"date":"2025-06-30T02:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T02:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26024\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T02:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T02:35:12","slug":"shane-lowry-comments-on-the-condition-of-royal-portrush-after-early-scouting-mission-ahead-of-the-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26024\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Lowry comments on the condition of Royal Portrush after early scouting mission ahead of The Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Shane Lowry will be looking to win The Open Championship once again at Royal Portrush next month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/tag\/shane-lowry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lowry<\/a> reigned supreme at Royal Portrush, finishing six strokes ahead of second placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/tag\/tommy-fleetwood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tommy Fleetwood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/tag\/the-open-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Open<\/a> is headed back to Portrush for only the third time in the history of the tournament, and Lowry will be one of the home favourites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/news\/golf-fans-left-angry-after-shane-lowrys-disgraceful-behaviour-during-day-one-of-the-us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lowry has been an angry man on the golf course<\/a> recently, with his form having nose-dived since missing out on the Truist Championship in May.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Open champion has also rarely spoken to the media over the past few weeks, if at all.<\/p>\n<p>And that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/features\/shane-lowrys-apparent-decision-to-take-the-rory-mcilroy-route-has-backfired-badly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strategy has backfired for Lowry.<\/a> He is an easy-going man at heart, and his recent actions on the course have simply not done him any favours.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps a return to the course where he won The Open is exactly what he needs to breath fire back into his season.<\/p>\n<p>Shane Lowry on the condition of Royal Portrush ahead of The Open<\/p>\n<p>Lowry took a little trip down memory lane this weekend, literally.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1164340702-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"Shane Lowry celebrates after winning the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush\" \/>Photo by Richard Heathcote\/R&amp;A\/R&amp;A via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old has been in poor form on the PGA Tour recently, and has cut an extremely frustrated figure out on the golf course.<\/p>\n<p>However, he seemed to be in much better spirits when he returned to his homeland.<\/p>\n<p>Lowry made the trip to Northern Ireland to perform an early scouting mission at Portrush ahead of The Open Championship which starts in a little over two weeks\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLittle trip to Portrush to check it out before The Open. Course is looking great and everything ready for a big week.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Shane Lowry has a problem he needs to address ahead of The Open<\/p>\n<p>Lowry\u2019s ball-striking has been superb this season.<\/p>\n<p>However, one big problem continues to hold him back.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Stat<\/td>\n<td>Rank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Strokes gained off the tee<\/td>\n<td>59th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Strokes gained approach<\/td>\n<td>2nd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Strokes gained scrambling<\/td>\n<td>53rd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Strokes gained putting<\/td>\n<td>120th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Strokes gained total<\/td>\n<td>13th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Lowry\u2019s putting has simply not been good enough this season, and his poor form with the flat-stick is the main reason why he hasn\u2019t won an individual tournament since the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>If he is to stand any chance of securing his second Open Championship, he will need to address his putting issues as a matter of urgency.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane Lowry will be looking to win The Open Championship once again at Royal Portrush next month. 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