They were nervous at the 1st, and so was he. The ovation they gave Shane Lowry when he stepped out to begin the final round of the 148th Open soon settled down into an uneasy silence. Lowry is an anxious man. He has said it himself. Back in 2016 he got so stressed about organising the guest list for his wedding that he and his fiancée decided they were better off eloping to New York instead. It was later that same year he blew a four-shot lead in the last round of the US Open at Oakmont. Everyone remembered that one and, even if they had tried to forget it, Brooks Koepka, seven shots back, had made a point of reminding them what happened “the last time Shane had the lead” on Saturday night.
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Written by Andy Bull at Royal Portrush
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/jul/21/shane-lowry-wins-open under the title “No nerves this time for Shane Lowry as home crowd wills him to victory | Andy Bull”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
