Almost exactly halfway through his reign as “champion golfer of the year”, Shane Lowry doesn’t have to look far for good things in his professional life.
The Americans will win the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits one year from now. And McIlroy will be spraying champagne with Old Glory draped around his shoulders.
With Lowry now likely to garner more attention, it seems like a good time to further familiarise people with the Irishman who won at Royal Portrush Golf Club.
If Dustin Johnson showed up for his pre-Masters press conference on Tuesday afternoon and announced he’d had enough of the golf grind and was retiring at age 34, he could walk off into the Augusta sunset knowing his next metaphorical stop would be the World Golf Hall of Fame.
