Folk hero Shane Lowry is set to announce he’s turning professional at a Dublin city centre hotel on Thursday. But his new manager, Horizon Sports’ Conor Ridge, has rubbished suggestions that the shock Irish Open winner can become an overnight millionaire.
Manager to tour winners Graeme McDowell and Michael Hoey, Ridge said: “I don’t want to sound negative on that but I think a dose of realism is required around here.
No Responses » Graeme McDowell believes Shane Lowry must turn professional to keep his Irish Open buzz. But he reckons it’s “embarrassing” that Padraig Harrington is skipping the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
Declaring himself 75 percent fit after shin splints forced him out of the 3 Irish Open, McDowell insisted that Lowry simply can’t return to the amateur game. A possible future stablemate of Lowry’s at Horizon Sports, McDowell said: “The Walker Cup is a fantastic event but it’s a long time to be waiting, a very long time.
Shock Irish Open winner Shane Lowry has given his one of his amateur pals the secret to his amazing success – his Baltray strokesaver. Best buddy Dara Lernihan – one of five Irishmen in the GB&I Walker Cup squad – feels inspired by Lowry’s incredible win and plans a repeat performance when he tees it up at the Irish Open venue for next week’s East of Ireland Amateur Open.
Dubliner, Lernihan said: “I’m back at Baltray for the East next week and I’ll have Shane’s strokesaver in my back pocket. Hopefully it will bring me a little luck.
Irish Open hero Shane Lowry will take the plunge into the pro ranks next week. That’s the view of a source close to the Offaly ace, who revealed that Ireland’s third European Tour winner this season will make his debut in the European Open at The London Golf Club in Kent from May 28-31.
Shane Lowry will soon be bidding for more titles on tourThe news will be a blow to Walker Cup skipper Colin Dalgleish, who was hoping to have the 3 Irish Open champion on the 10-man Great Britain and Ireland side bidding to win back the trophy on American soil in September.
Walker Cup skipper Colin Dalgleish is begging Shane Lowry to listen to Padraig Harrington and put his pro plans on hold. The Scot is desperate to frighten the life of the Yanks by sending out the Irish Open champion to win back the trophy at Merion from September 12-13.
Colin Dalgleish and Rory McIlroy at the 2007 Walker Cup venue, Royal County Down.Anxiously waiting for a call from his No 1 star, Dalgleish said: “It think it would be great if he stayed for the Walker Cup. It is one thing for me to be telling Shane that but when Padraig Harrington is telling him to take his time, I agree with that 100 percent.
Shane Lowry was once better known for his scorer’s hut errors than for his successes on the golf course.
But that reputation for self-inflicted misfortune changed a long time before the 3 Irish Open at Baltray, where he produced a performance that not only captured the hearts of sports fans everywhere but showed that this is a golfer who can compete at the very highest level.