Shane Lowry : ce qu'il faut savoir

Shane Lowry will close out a four-week stretch of tournaments at the Cadillac Championship in Miami, aiming to get some momentum to bring with him to the season’s second Major – the PGA Championship – in a fortnight’s time. Shane Lowry s'impose comme l'un des sujets qui mobilisent l'attention en Ireland ce jeudi.

Les faits

• Shane Lowry will close out a four-week stretch of tournaments at the Cadillac Championship in Miami, aiming to get some momentum to bring with him to the season’s second Major – the PGA Championship – in a fortnight’s time.
• Irish in the field: Shane Lowry is the only Irish player in the 72-man field.
• Lowry paired with Keegan Bradley for opening two rounds at the Cadillac Championship.
• Paired with Keegan Bradley for the opening two rounds on the Blue Monster course, Lowry has opted to skip next week’s Truist Championship at Quail Hollow (another $20 million signature event on the PGA Tour) and will hope to get a confidence boost ahead of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia.
• Lowry is the sole Irish player in the 72-man field, with no cut in Doral, after Rory McIlroy decided to sit it out.

L'essentiel

Dans le détail, Irish in the field: Shane Lowry is the only Irish player in the 72-man field.

Sur le fond, Lowry paired with Keegan Bradley for opening two rounds at the Cadillac Championship.

Concrètement, Paired with Keegan Bradley for the opening two rounds on the Blue Monster course, Lowry has opted to skip next week’s Truist Championship at Quail Hollow (another $20 million signature event on the PGA Tour) and will hope to get a confidence boost ahead of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia.

Au-delà de ce constat, Lowry is the sole Irish player in the 72-man field, with no cut in Doral, after Rory McIlroy decided to sit it out.

Reste à préciser que Lowry has been paired with Keegan Bradley for the opening two rounds (with a first round tee-time of 7.35pm Irish time).

Les chiffres

À noter par ailleurs : Currently 41st on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup standings – the number to crack is the top-30 to make it to the megabucks Tour Championship – the missed cut in New Orleans last week where he paired-up with Brooks Koepka at the Zurich Classic came following a disappointing finish at the Masters and the RBC Heritage.

Plus précisément, LIV Golf seeks new investment as Saudi PIF confirms it will cease funding at the end of 2026.

Dans la foulée, World number one Scottie Scheffler has finished second in his two most recent outings at Augusta and Harbour Town and is the headline act in Miami on a course returning to the PGA Tour schedule for the first time since 2016, when Adam Scott won the then WGC-Cadillac Championship.

À ce stade, Purse: $20 million (€17.1 million)/$3.6 million (€3.08 million) to the winner.

Le contexte

Reste à préciser que the course: Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster – 7,739 yards, par 72 – course used to be a regular tour stop but hasn’t hosted a PGA Tour event since Adam Scott won the WGC-Cadillac at the Florida course in 2016.

À noter par ailleurs : Originally designed by Dick Wilson and Robert von Hagge, and subsequently modernised by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner in 2014, the course features copious water hazards and strategic bunkering.

Plus précisément, the 18th is the course’s signature hole, with the demand on avoiding the hazard which runs down the left-hand side.

Dans la foulée, Seven of the leading players from the world’s top-10 are playing, while eight of the leading 10 from the FedEx Cup standings are competing.

À ce stade, There’s a big difference between being 35 and 45, I think.

Recherches associées

Plusieurs requêtes connexes accompagnent ce sujet : L'incroyable nouveau trou-en-un de l'Irlandais Shane Lowry à Augusta • Masters 2026 : l’Irlandais Shane Lowry réussit un fabuleux trou en un sur le par 3 du trou numéro 6 • L’énorme trou en un de Shane Lowry au 6 • Golf. PGA Tour - Cognizant Classic: Shane Lowry est passé à l’attaque, Matthieu Pavon reste placé - Ouest • Un deuxième trou d’un coup historique de Lowry • Golf. FlashGolf #2. Lowry frustré, Scheffler de retour.

À retenir

• The course: Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster – 7,739 yards, par 72 – course used to be a regular tour stop but hasn’t hosted a PGA Tour event since Adam Scott won the WGC-Cadillac at the Florida course in 2016.
• The 18th is the course’s signature hole, with the demand on avoiding the hazard which runs down the left-hand side.
• At 35 you are looking at like a Rory McIlroy-type age where you’re still really in your prime.
• Recherches qui explosent : L'incroyable nouveau trou-en-un de l'Irlandais Shane Lowry à Augusta, Masters 2026 : l’Irlandais Shane Lowry réussit un fabuleux trou en un sur le par 3 du trou numéro 6, L’énorme trou en un de Shane Lowry au 6, Golf. PGA Tour - Cognizant Classic: Shane Lowry est passé à l’attaque, Matthieu Pavon reste placé - Ouest.