The Victorian, who goes by the nickname ‘Digger’, followed up a two-under par 70 that mixed six birdies and four bogeys with a second-round 71 to finish on three-under 141.
The update outlines a stricter set of tournament regulations than players have become accustomed to in recent months in the United States on the PGA Tour.
Almost a year on from having to cancel the Open Championship at Royal St George’s, the R&A is currently planning three events – no crowd, limited crowd, unrestricted crowd – for 2021.
A fortnight was all the time it took for this year’s Open – what should have been the 149th playing of golf’s oldest Major – to go from scheduled to cancelled.
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.
Lowry not only led the field in greens in regulation at 79.16 percent, but produced an impressive 19-plus strokes gained/tee-to-green on his way to becoming the Champion Golfer of the Year.
The 2016 Open champ had an outside shot of claiming the claret jug for a second time entering the final round of the 148th British Open, but he’ll leave Northern Ireland empty-handed. In fact, he’ll also be down a golf club.
One day after Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre accused him of a lack of etiquette during Friday’s second round of 148th Open Championship, Kyle Stanley wasn’t too surprised to find a sizable group of journalists waiting for him at the conclusion of his third-round 73 on Saturday at Royal Portrush.
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